TNAG-0273-FCO40-309-Scheme-for-development-of-container-terminal-at-Hong-Kong-1970 — Page 89

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77400N

PILLAR

ISLAND

-75800N

109400E-

-111800E

C5

CALLE S

C4

F+C6

CIO

E

EXISTING

BREAKWATER

MONG CHAU

C8

C1

E

C2

E

ENGINEERING REPORT

CONTAINER TERMINAL

KWAI CHUNG

F

C3

E

#

CI

E

100

75000N-

C9

114200E

74200N-

FLOOD

TIDE

EBB

TIDE

POSITION

DATE

DIFFERENCE L.LW. TO H.H. W.

(FEET)

MAXIMUM CURRENT (KNOTS)

DIFFERENCE H.H.W. TO L.LW.

MAXIMUM CURRENT

(FEET)

(KNOTS)

CI

6/7-12.68

3.9

0.3

7.1

0.1

C 2

6/7-12-68

3.9

0.5

7-1

0.2

C3

8/9.12.68

3 8

0.3

6.6

0.7

C4

20/21-1.69

5-3

7.9

0.2

C 5

20/21-1.69

5-3

0.2

7-9

0.2

C6

18/19-1-69

5.0

0.1

8.6

0.2

C7

18/19-1-69

5.0

0.2

8.6

0.5

C 8

31-1/1-2-69

2.7

0.5

5-1

0.3

C 9

2/3-2-69

4.8

0.3

6.8

0.4

CIO

31-1/1-2-69

2.7

0.4

5. I

0.2

CHI

2/3 2.69

4.8

0.4

6.8

0.4

E

KEY:-

FLOOD TIDE INDICATED 'F'

EB8 TIDE INDICATED 'E'

SCALE IN FEET

200

400

600

800

1000

112600E-P

-72600N

CURRENT METER

TEST RESULTS

NOTES:-

1.

2.

3.

4.

S.

RECORDING WAS BY KELVIN HUGHES DIRECT - READING CURRENT METER.

CURRENTS INDICATED ARE THE STRONGEST THAT WERE RECORDED

NEAR THE SEA BED. SIMILAR CURRENTS WERE RECORDED AT HALF

DEPTH AND NEAR THE SEA SURFACE.

DIRECTIONS SHOWN DOTTED AT C9 AND CII, FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, HAD TO BE RECORDED AT THE SURFACE.

LENGTHS OF DIRECTION LINES ARE PROPORTIONAL TO CURRENT SPEEDS.

OWING TO THE SMALL VELOCITIES RECORDED, THERE WERE CONSIDERABLE VARIATIONS IN DIRECTION DURING BOTH EBB AND FLOOD. THE DIRECTIONS SHOWN ARE THOSE RECORDED AT THE TIME

OF MAXIMUM VELOCITY.

PORT WORKS DIVISION

P. W. D.

HONG KONG

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