CO129-243 - Public Offices & Others - 1889 — Page 33

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retaining the sea slope at 1/2 to), on the section.

shown

as un additional precaution, send to prevent disturbance by wave action,

I would recommend that the upper layer

rubble on the bem ex fixed imposition by depositing Portland cement concrete, eu masse, say of 6 to 1 proportions, lowered in steps through the water, the contents being discharged unmongst the rubble on the top of the beru

Thus the face of Pre

hawk beyond the toe of the wall would

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De considerably trang treved with rout materially diminishing the depth for the

berthage of barges.

The Surveyor keural has made

ane provision for the proper disposal f The different sizes of poble in the bank It is, of course, natt important that the

langer

Larger material should be depaited

where Exfred

on the seaward

face

to wave-action and this I gather,

is intended.

Another point to which I desire to araw attention is the

adoption of auch measures during the excention 5. The work as will

minimise the realment of the mound aster the wall has been

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may

placca thereon. To attain this

become desirable is

proozdi a machine, or machines, Comewhat of the Unaracter & a Trenn road roller, but of course modied in its construction to

this meet the special conditions of

Cure.

I have seen in communication

with Mess?? Aveling & Porter, the well known mahers of plant of this

Jaso

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