TANKS CRACKED.
CITY WATER SUPPLY.
DAMAGE BY EARTHQUAKE.
It was thought at first that none of the City Council's property had suffered in the recent severe earthquake, but the Council has not escaped scotfree. Leaks have developed in the concrete suction tanks at the City's three main pumping stations in Sydenham, St. Albans, and Cashmere. The cracks are not serious, but the wastage through them is sufficient to be noticeable and to cause Mr A. R. Galbraith (City Engineer) to take action. It will not be necessary for him, however, to ask the Council for any special sum for repairs. Had the earthquake occurred in summer the loss of water would have been felt more seriously. The dimensions and capacity of each tank are as follows :
St. Albans (Office road) : 39 feet 3 inches by 18 feet 7 inches, with a depth of 17 feet 3 inches; 75,300 gallons.
Cashmere (adjoining pumping station): 70 feet by 40 feet, with a depth of 12 feet 6 inches; 280,000 gallons. Sydenham (in Council's Sydenham vard): 66 feet by 36 feet, with a depth of 11 feet 10 inches; and 20 feet 6 inches by 36 feet, with a depth of 16 feet 6 inches; total capacity, 806,000 gallons.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19669, 12 July 1929, Page 10
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