AUCKLAND MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK
been fixed; the one on the north side being relative to the structure itself, the other designed to commemorate the pioneers whose mortal remains are deposited in the cemetery spanned by the bridge.
RESERVOIRS.
THE WAITAKERE RESERVOIR is situated on the Waitakere Stream, about 14 miles from Auckland. This, the first impounding reservoir constructed by the Council in connection with its gravitation scheme, has a storage capacity of 220 million gallons, and has yielded, with the dry weather flow of the stream, 3 million gallons as its minimum daily supply. The water area of the Reservoir is 64 acres, and the catchment area 2,200 acres. The overflow weir, which is 100 feet long, is situated 580 feet above sea-level and 50 feet above the bed of the stream. The dam is 540 feet in length, and is curved to a radius of 382 feet, measured to the upstream face. The width on the bottom is 231 feet, and at the top it is 3 feet 6 inches. It was completed in 1906, and the cost of construction was £29,600. The Engineer for the work was Mr. H. Munro Wilson, C.E., and the Contractor, Mr. Billington.
The water is brought to the City by a 27-inch diameter steel locking-bar main.
NIHOTUPU RESERVOIR.—On the Nihotupu Stream there are two reservoirs, the upper one holding 69 million gallons, and having a water area of 19 acres and a gathering ground of 1310 acres. The water is
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