AT SOLOMON'S KNOB.
0 :— THE NEW WAINL'I RESERVOIR. Tendors .will shortly be called for tho construction of tho 'big reservoir dam at Solomon's Nob, Wainui, behind which will event-ually-bo pent ,up 140 million gallons of water Tho new dam will bo of quito a different typo to thoso already in existence here; constructed of reinforced concrete, it .wil lhavo a sloping dcck (upstream), supported on vortical piers or buttresses. Tho maximum depth of water will bo 50 feet— a pressure at tho baso of tho dam of 211bs. to 'the square inch. 'J. ho dam itself will not bo curved, at tho new reservoir at Karori, but will run perfectly stright, for a length of 540 feet. Tho dam at Solomon's Nob will bo used' as a storage roservoir only, although tho necessary connections will bo provided both ' for supplies ,for tho_ lower dam (the prosent reservoir) or the city mains direct. The surface level of tho now reservoir will bo, from tho aoa-lovol, 470 foot, which should give a very good press"**.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 301, 14 September 1908, Page 8
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173AT SOLOMON'S KNOB. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 301, 14 September 1908, Page 8
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