involved the provision of temporary water intakes and exhausts for the Club's swimming pool. At all stages the work has had to be planned so that both marine and land traffic at this busiest area of the Colony was disrupted as little as possible. The work has, of necessity, been broken into several contracts as follows:
(a) construction of a quay wall 200 ft. long to give 30 ft. of water at L.W.S.T. This was at the request of the Admiralty to facilitate the berthing of naval ships against the adjoining Naval Dock Yard Wall. Construction is of 18 ton concrete blocks with mass concrete backing faced with coursed granite above C.D.
(b) the driving of 125 precast concrete 18" x 18" piles in lengths from 50 ft. to 85 ft. for the shore ends of a new ferry pier and a new public pier. It was necessary to drive these piles before the granite rubble was dumped for the foundation of the seawall on the northern face of the reclamation on which the two piers abut.
(c) the construction of a protective wall 415 ft. long on the western side of the reclamation. This wall was designed to utilize a large number of 4-ton concrete blocks which were available from demolition work at the Naval Dockyard. The wall has been built so that it can be readily demolished and the blocks salvaged when this Reclamation Scheme is extended westward at a later date.
(d) the construction of one new pier combining the functions of the two existing piers which serve small boat traffic across the harbour and to and from ships lying in the stream.
(e) the construction of 562 ft. of seawall on the north with a navigable gap 180 ft. wide left in it to maintain access to Queen's Pier as long as possible.
(f) the construction of a 900 ft. length of trench on the harbour bed for twin 21" steel watermains with provision for a third main of 30" diam. at a later date.
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involved the provision of temporary water intakes and exhausts for the Club's swimming pool. At all stages the work has had to be planned so that both marine and land traffic at this busiest area of the Colony was disrupted as little as possible. The work has, of necessity, been broken into several contracts as follows:
(a) construction of a quay wall 200 ft. long to give 30 ft. of water at L.W.S.T. This was at the request of the Admiralty to facilitate the berthing of naval ships Con- against the adjoining Naval Dock Yard Wall. struction is of 18 ton concrete blocks with mass con- crete baking faced with coarsed granite above C.D. (b) the driving of 125 precast concrete 18" X 18" piles in lengths from 50 ft. to 85 ft. for the shore ends of a new ferry pier and a new public pier. It was neces- sary to drive these piles before the granite rubble was dumped for the foundation of the seawall on the northern face of the reclamation on which the two piers abut.
(c) the construction of a protective wall 415 ft. long on the western side of the reclamation. This wall was de- signed to utilize a large number of 4-ton concrete blocks which were available from demolition work at the Naval Dockyard. The wall has been built so that it can be readily demolished and the blocks salvaged when this Reclamation Scheme is extended westward at a later date.
(d) the construction of one new pier combining the func- tions of the two existing piers which serve small boat traffic across the harbour and to and from ships lying in the stream.
(e) the construction of 562 ft. of seawall on the north with a navigable gap 180 ft. wide left in it to maintain access to Queen's Pier as long as possible.
(f) the construction of a 900 ft. length of trench on
the harbour bed for twin 21" steel watermains with provision for a third main of 30′′ diam. at a later date.
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