NORTHCOTE DRAINAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 83, 8 April 1925, Page 14

NORTHCOTE DRAINAGE.

WORK WELL FORWARD,

The INTorthcote drainage engineer, Mr P. E. Powell, reported to the Borough Council last evening that good progress had been maihtained with the contracts. Work Avas in hand on the west cliff sewer to Clarence Street, and on the main sewer to Gladstone Road. Work done during the month included 180 feet of tunnelling, CB4 feet of 9-inch pipe, 1834 feet of (i-inch pipe, 320 feet of 4-inch pipe, four manholes, four lampholes, 21 house connections, and 1044 cubic yards of excavation. The pumping sewers were completed, together with the manholes, lampholes, ventilators, etc. The concrete in tho walls of the storage chamber of the pumping station has been poured, and further excavation was proceeding. Practically all the concrete work, paths, inlets, outlets, etc., in connection with the tanks are completed, and plasterers arc engaged on the ineides of the liquefying and storage ' tanks. When the rendering is completed, the tanks will be ready for the reception of sewage. At the outfall, 440 feet of 15-inch concrete pipe and 130 feet of cust-iron pipe have been .laid for the month. The concrete pipe laying was now being carried on well above low water, and the contractors should be able to maintain good progress. A cofferdam was under construction at the point, and when finished, the 15-inch cast-iron pipes at the extreme end of the outfall would be laid.