TIMARU HARBOUR WORKS.
Star , Issue 5767, 4 November 1886, Page 4
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TIMARU HARBOUR WORKS.
The contractors for the decking of the Moody wharf have completed their work, acd the Harbour Board now have men employed adzing the inequalities of the planks and tarring them. The Railway Department have been busy at work for some time preparing the ground on which to lay the rails down to the wharf. This work haa been rather heavy, as in one place, between the landing shed and wharf, a cutting of about 61't had to be made, and that will give an incline towards the wharf of one foot in seventy. The mils in Chis part are laid, but the ballasting has yet to be done, when the work of laying the rails on the wharf is completed there will be four sets of rails, and from the sketch of the plan that i 3 to be carried out, the railway service on the wharf will be very complete. A four-inch water main runs the whole length of the wharf, the pipes resting on the tie beams of the piles, and secured by ireu straps to the timber above the piles. At every 50ft on either side of the wharf a two-inch pipe is attached to the main, for the purpose of pro riding vessels with water. There are three fire-plugs at equal distances along the water main, so that in case of fire, the Fire Brigade can screw on thin hose, and get to work, and, as a further protection against fire, the Harbour Board have a hose with a branch attached, to which they can fix on to the two-inch pipes, so that, in case the wharf or any of the vessels discharging cargo there caught fire, a large quantity o£ water could be utilised for extinguishing it. Gaspipes have also been laid down, and so arranged that, if necessary, lamps can be erected every 50ft along the wharf. When everything is completed, the Moody wharf will be used for discharging the cargo of the smaller vessels that come to the port, as there is ample water alongside for such purpose, there being a depth of 16ft Gin at low tide.
