328 WATERWORKS OF EAST LONDON. 



Amalinda to filters, and a service reservoir of 100,000 gallons 

 capacity, which were constructed on the high ground in the 

 vicinity of the East Bank Location. The pipe conduit was 

 designed to deliver 120,000 gallons per day. This scheme 

 supplied the town until 1897- Incidentally, it is interesting to 

 note that Mr. Gamble, in his first report, dated 30th August, 1878, 

 mentioned that although the Government had consented to his 

 advising the Town Council some years previously, he had been 

 unable to do so, among other things, on account of the Kafifir 

 War. 



Augmentation Scheme, 1897. — A new 8-inch C.I. pipe conduit 

 was laid from the Amalinda Reservoir to new filter beds and 

 service reservoirs situated at the top of Oxford Street in 1897. 



These filter beds are three in number, each 48 ft. by 48 ft., 

 and the service reservoirs have a capacity of 325,000 gallons 

 each. 



These works were carried out by Messrs. Tate and Robertson 

 under the writer. 



First Buffalo River Pumping Seheme. — This scheme was 

 carried out in 1899. On account of the non-delivery of a pump 

 to discharge the water direct into the Amalinda Reservoir, two 

 pumps had to be purchased locally. The head was divided, and 

 one pump raised the water from the first pumping station 

 established on the Bufifalo River to a second pumping station 

 on the hill in the vicinity of the Divisional Council road. The 

 water was delivered from this pumping station directly into the 

 Amalinda Reservoir. The capacity of these pumps was 288,000 

 gallons per day of 24 hours. 



So soon as the pump originally ordered arrived, it was 

 installed, and the water delivered direct from the first pumping 

 station into the Amalinda Reservoir. The capacity of this pump 

 was 360,000 gallons per day of 24 hours- 



The first pumping stations were opened by Captain W. E. 

 Jackson on the 24th April, 1899. Direct pumping was com- 

 menced on the nth July, 1899. The rising main comprised 

 4,000 feet of 6-inch pipes and 6.500 feet of 5-inch pipes. The 

 latter pipes were part of the original supply main from Amalinda 

 to East London, which had been lifted subsequent to the laying 

 dov;n of the new conduit in 1897. 



This scheme was designed and carried out by the writer. 



A new 5-inch rising main was laid from the first pumping 

 station to the Amalinda Reservoir in 1901. This work was 

 carried out by the then Town Engineer, Mr. W. A. Palliser. 



Second Buffalo River Pumping Scheme and New 12-inch 

 Pipe Conduit from Amalinda to East Londcri. — This scheme 

 was carried out in 1905. It comprised the putting down of 

 a new triple expansion condensing pumping engine, capable of 

 delivering 840.000 gallons per day of 24 hours, the laying: of a 

 new 12-inch rising main, and the laying of a new 12-inch pipe 



