SOLOMON’S KNOB DAM
reservoir nearly ready rot FILLING. The construction of Solomon's Knob dam at Waluui-o-Mata Ae nearing .completion, and will be handed over to the council by the contractors in the 1 course ol a week or two; The hist of the concreting is being done, and the floor, of the reservoir is being cleared of vegetation. Tho reservoir will he filled gradually, bo that tho face wall will not bo subjected to too-: sever© a strain at the outset- The wall has boon built a foot higher than, was at first Intended, and this will increase tho capacity of. the reservoir by nearly ten million gallons, tlie totals holding, capacity being approxt mutely • 110,000.900 gallons;; , 'v/ v
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7319, 24 December 1910, Page 4
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119SOLOMON’S KNOB DAM New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7319, 24 December 1910, Page 4
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