XXII. T, E. BURROWS. 
Fascine EMBANKMENTS. 
The embankment work has been carried out in the following 
localities, and an approximate statement of the extent of each is 
also given— 
District of Sydney. 
ms th Height Area ~ 
Local Length. rage. average. Purpose. reclaimed. 
Cook’s River... 520 chains 14 feet 9 feet reclamation 
14 
Shea’s Creek! 130 ,, » 9 4 do. & canal ‘413 acres 
Muddy Creek 125 ,, 14 ee DD re 
Leichhardt ... 153 ,, 12 ,, 9 ,, reclamation 81 acres 
Callan Park... 12 ,, 1A. sh gs - i 
Homebush Bay 210 _,, 44 2S i 201. ;, 
Duck River ... 18 ,, Se. wig comenks +f 41.4, 
Tarban Creek 16 _,, es an are ee (ea 
Newcastle District. 
ch. , ; Purpose. 
Horseshoe Bend 13 heli 50 feet atk feet protection of river bank 
Belmore Bridge 17 ,, 20 
” 2” ” ” 
Hawkesbury District. 
Sackville Reach 1 chain 8 x 16 feet 
Grafton District. 
Public School, 7 chains, 10 x 12 feet, protection of river bank. 
Great Marlow Embankment, 60 chains of combination bank, 
part earthwork only; protection of river bank, 
Moruya District. 
Moruya River, left incomplete and damaged by floods, length 
58 chains, by 14 feet by 9 feet; for training wall purposes. 
Of the larger works two may be practically called complete, 
that at Iron Cove, Callan Park, and also the one at Long Cove ; 
the areas between original high water mark and the present sea 
face of the embankments, having in each case been filled in to a 
height of three feet above high water mark by the sand-pumps 
“Groper ” and “ Neptune.” 
1 Shea’s Creek refers only to original creek affected by tidal waters. 
