PORT WORKS OFFICE
Chief Engineer:
F. A. FISHER, B.Sc., LL.B., A.M.I.C.E.
GENERAL
8.01. The Port Works Office continued to carry out additional reclamations and to construct seawalls, ferry piers and public piers. Other works included dredging, site investigations, hydrographic surveys, the collection of tidal records and the testing of engineering materials.
Central Reclamation
RECLAMATIONS AND SEAWALLS
8.02. Work continued on stages II and IV of the Central reclamation scheme, which will eventually join up the reclamation already carried out for the Star Ferry piers and that at Rumsey Street. Near the Star Ferry pier 500 feet of seawall and three berths for Post Office mail launches were completed. To assist private developers to obtain cooling water for air-conditioning plants in new buildings, eleven pumphouses were constructed within the seawall. To replace Blake Pier, work started on a new public pier which will be approximately 585 feet long. West of the present vehicular ferry pier, 400 feet of seawall incorporating a temporary vehicular ferry berth were almost completed. A new pier for inside harbour ferry services to replace the present berths at Jubilee Street, which will be enclosed by the reclamation, was 40% complete. Filling started on both sections of the reclamation and 3.5 acres of land were reclaimed.
Hung Hom Reclamation
8.03. Work started in November on the foundations of a further 2,800 feet of seawall at the northern end of the reclamation. Almost all the foundation works and approximately 800 feet of seawall were completed. This included three flights of steps which will be used for passenger ferry services from North Point, East Point and Central on the island. The old ferry pier at Gillies Avenue in Hung Hom will be removed.
Kwun Tong Reclamation
8.04. A further 2,000 feet of seawall in the Industrial Area Zone 5 was completed and a total volume of 732,000 cubic yards of material dumped.
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PORT WORKS OFFICE
Chief Engineer:
F. A. FISHER, B.Sc., LL.B., A.M.I.C.E.
GENERAL
8.01. The Port Works Office continued to carry out additional reclamations and to construct seawalls, ferry piers and public piers. Other works included dredging, site investigations, hydrographic surveys, the collection of tidal records and the testing of engineering materials.
Central Reclamation
RECLAMATIONS AND SEAWALLS
8.02. Work continued on stages II and IV of the Central reclamation scheme, which will eventually join up the reclamation already carried out for the Star Ferry piers and that at Rumsey Street. Near the Star Ferry pier 500 feet of seawall and three berths for Post Office mail launches were completed. To assist private developers to obtain cooling water for air-conditioning plants in new buildings, eleven pumphouses were constructed within the seawall. To replace Blake Pier, work started on a new public pier which will be approximately 585 feet long. West of the present vehicular ferry pier, 400 feet of seawall incorporating a temporary vehicular ferry berth were almost completed. A new pier for inside harbour ferry services to replace the present berths at Jubilee Street, which will be enclosed by the reclamation, was 40% complete. Filling started on both sections of the reclamation and 3.5 acres of land were reclaimed.
Hung Hom Reclamation
8.03. Work started in November on the foundations of a further 2,800 feet of seawall at the northern end of the reclamation. Almost all the foundation works and approximately 800 feet of seawall were completed. This included three flights of steps which will be used for passenger ferry services from North Point, East Point and Central on the island. The old ferry pier at Gillies Avenue in Hung Hom will be removed.
Kwun Tong Reclamation
8.04. A further 2,000 feet of seawall in the Industrial Area Zone 5 was completed and a total volume of 732,000 cubic yards of material dumped.
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