. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. Assessed. & £, a. d. Auckland City ... ... 21,868,377 22,081 2 4 Mount Eden ... ... ... 4 3 Mount Albert ... ... ... 1, 1,051 6 0 Newmarket ... ... ... GG1,404 007 10 9 One Tree Hill (portion) ... + 069 18 2 Avondale (portion) ... ... 387,404+ 391 4 8 :Point Chevalier ... ... 244 10 1 £ £ 2 9 • As at March 1919. + For portion included in Drainage District. Amalaainated with Auckland City March 1. 1921. The following princi|)al works in the scheme werecompleted
. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. Assessed. & £, a. d. Auckland City ... ... 21,868,377 22,081 2 4 Mount Eden ... ... ... 4 3 Mount Albert ... ... ... 1, 1,051 6 0 Newmarket ... ... ... GG1,404 007 10 9 One Tree Hill (portion) ... + 069 18 2 Avondale (portion) ... ... 387,404+ 391 4 8 :Point Chevalier ... ... 244 10 1 £ £ 2 9 • As at March 1919. + For portion included in Drainage District. Amalaainated with Auckland City March 1. 1921. The following princi|)al works in the scheme werecompleted at Maich :51st, 1921 :— (a) Outfall works at Orakei, com]jrising outfallsewer, storage tanks, buildings and plant. (b) 7 sections of the main sewer of a total length of 8 miles ) chains. (c) 13 branch sewers of a total length of 12 chains. (d) 4 pumping stations. The outfall sewer is \,-l\:A{. long, with its point<.f discharge north-east of the Orakei Jetty. Fora li-imth of 732ft. from the seaward end it consists of •Jis. AirKLAMJ MIMLUAL HANDBOOK. two 4hiii. diaiiKtcr cast-iron pipes on cast-iron cradles,the next length of 324ft. consists of two similarIjipes set in concrete, and the Iemaining poition is aconciete culveit stiuare feet in sectional aiea lead-ing into the outfall chamber of the stoiage tanks. Theinvert of the ontfall sewer at its i)oint of discharge below high-water level. The stoi-age tanks are compiised in one blockl,2!J6ft. 6in. in length and l()6ft. wide, with a totalcapacity of 7,80U,U0U gallons. They are constructed ofconci-ete, plain and reinfoix-ed, the roof having beendesigned to form a jjoition of Ihe suggested esplanadefor the foreslxnc of the liailjour. At the inlet end of the tanks a hrick building iserected in which is installed the screening and detritus-removal plant, compi-ising coarse sci-eens, mechanicallyojjerated fine screens, and a bucket diedge. This plantis driven by a 10 vert
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