NAPIER’S INNER HARBOR.
START TO BEI MADE SHORTLY,
With the object of making a start on the actual work of constructing the Napier inner harbor, the Harbor Board lias commenced tho making of concrete piles at the port. Tbeso piles are to be used in improving and extending the west quay, and after they have become properly seasoned a start will be made. It is expected that tho improvement will bo commenced in about three months’ time. v.
When completed west quay will then extend from the Iron Pot to the point now occupied by the Union Rowing Club’s shed, just beyond the Taradalo road, bringing the harbor much closer to Napier. , ' Some months ago the Harbor Board proved to its o ( \vn satisfaction that the concrete piles can bo satisfactorily sunk by means of water, a, strong pressure being used through the pipe to clear away the silt, thus allowing the pile-' to gradually sink without the risk of fracture so: often caused by the driving, of piles. If, is hoped to use this method in sinking the piles.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15740, 3 February 1922, Page 5
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180NAPIER’S INNER HARBOR. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15740, 3 February 1922, Page 5
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