(c.) Underground Trough Closet at the foot of Pottinger Street.- This structure, which is immediately to the south of Queen's Road, was completed in September. It contains 28 trough-closet stalls, 4 urinal stalls and a store, and is constructed entirely below the level of Pottinger Street, the surface of which was raised to some extent and otherwise adjusted to facilitate the execution of the work. Access is provided by a doorway entered from the footpath on the west side of Pottinger Street, which is at a considerably lower level than the remainder of the street.
The floor and walls are of cement concrete, the former being lined throughout with white-glazed tiles and the latter laid with salt-glazed tiles of local manufacture. The roof, which forms the surface of Pottinger Street, is of ferro-concrete supported on beams of the same material. Six large "Luxfer" lights, flush with the surface of the roadway, ensure ample light during the day and electric light is provided for illumination by night. Ventilation is provided by a gas jet in connection with a ventilating shaft and by six cast-iron gratings in the roof. A collapsible iron gate enables the convenience to be closed when desired. The alteration and lowering of the main sewer in Pottinger Street necessitated by the work was carried out.
1914 Estimates $8.000 00 | Total Estimates, ...$11,000.00 | Expenditure to 1914 Expenditure, 7,272.64 | 31/12/14, 7,889.52
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This underground toilet was…
This underground toilet was completed in 1914. It is described in the PWD's Annual Report for 1914:
103. Public Latrines and Urinals:-
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(c.) Underground Trough Closet at the foot of Pottinger Street.- This structure, which is immediately to the south of Queen's Road, was completed in September. It contains 28 trough-closet stalls, 4 urinal stalls and a store, and is constructed entirely below the level of Pottinger Street, the surface of which was raised to some extent and otherwise adjusted to facilitate the execution of the work. Access is provided by a doorway entered from the footpath on the west side of Pottinger Street, which is at a considerably lower level than the remainder of the street.
The floor and walls are of cement concrete, the former being lined throughout with white-glazed tiles and the latter laid with salt-glazed tiles of local manufacture. The roof, which forms the surface of Pottinger Street, is of ferro-concrete supported on beams of the same material. Six large "Luxfer" lights, flush with the surface of the roadway, ensure ample light during the day and electric light is provided for illumination by night. Ventilation is provided by a gas jet in connection with a ventilating shaft and by six cast-iron gratings in the roof. A collapsible iron gate enables the convenience to be closed when desired. The alteration and lowering of the main sewer in Pottinger Street necessitated by the work was carried out.
1914 Estimates $8.000 00 | Total Estimates, ...$11,000.00
| Expenditure to
1914 Expenditure, 7,272.64 | 31/12/14, 7,889.52