to the Town of Geelong. 



35 



I beg leave to rapidly review the past, and in the general 

 order in which my duties as Engineer to the Commission 

 have been undertaken. 



First, I shall briefly advert to three modes of supply which 

 have heretofore been proposed by others, prior to my con- 

 nexion with the Commission, as shewn by the accompanying : 



Table No. I. 



Proposed Sources of Supply for Geelong, shewing 

 Altitudes, &c. 







heme. 









8.J.J 



Proof head of 







4 





- '£ 



^o 



_3 '§ 



water pipes 





Proposers. 



"& 



§? 



Fs 

 « 

 *. 



^r 5 



s 





equal to a 

 column of 



<3 





I 



03 





1 



§ s 



water 800 



R 





1 



fe 



^ | 



£ 



a^ 



ft. altitude. 









m S 







galls. 



%, (3 ^ 



1852 



Mr. Henry ... 



Pumping & gra- 

 vitation com- 

 bined. 



If* 



182 



20,000 



10 



"1 o %'& a> 



1853 



Mr. Taylor . . . 



Pumping. 



Ditto. 



361 



30,000 



10 

















-a H S * 3 



1856 



Mr. Darbyshire 



Pumping & gra- 

 vitation com- 

 bined. 



Ditto. 



224 



30,000 



10 



fe Hea 

 00 ft. 

 astings 

 and to 

 be exp 



1857 



Mr. Millar, En- 



| 















gineer-in-chie: 

 to Water Com- 



Y Gravitation. 



Worm- 

 bete. 



405 



50,000 



50 



fto5 



p.* a 





mission. 



) 









C £ o 













cc ih o 



First, in 1852, Mr. Henry's — A pumping and very partial 

 gravitation scheme combined : a crude and undigested plan, 

 upon a very low scale. 



Second, in 1853, Mr. Taylor's — A pumping scheme. 



Third, Mr. Darbyshire's — A modification embracing both 

 the foregoing plans, being a combined pumping and gravita- 

 tion scheme, from the River Barwon, at Buckley's Falls, (at 

 an altitude of fifty-four feet above high water mark in Corio 

 Bay) from whence the water was to be raised by pumping to 

 an additional altitude of one hundred and seventy feet, thus 

 supplying (Geelong proper) a population of 30,000, at a 

 limited consumption of but ten gallons per head per diem. 



On the engineering merits of this scheme it will not be 

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