ADDITIONS TO DAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 296, 6 March 1928, Page 8

ADDITIONS TO DAM

NEARLY COMPLETED INCREASED WATER STORAGE The addition of 16 feet to Waitlist dam, an undertaking ihat was estimated to take a year, but has baei going on for two and a-half, is an nearing completion. By the addition the; storage is facreased from 220,000.000 gallons u 450,000,000. One of the reasons firej for the delay was that men hafl ta be taken off to repair pipe-line dataue in the heavy floods at Christmas, l!Ct, The wall is now 80 feet 6 iteia high, and is 58 feet thick at the in* and 8 feet at the top. The new wort has included thickening the wail try 13 feet at the lower portions. Doable shifts at the Huia worts, order*4 several weeks ago, are expected to be started next week, mn being transferred to Huia from Wat takere. Auckland water users are star awaiting November with interest Running water from this source is npected to reach the city in November, ****************ll

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