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BOROUGH ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR'S SERVICE
DRAINAGE DIVISION

WOODSIDE PARK RETENTION TANK

FACT SHEET.

NB. All figures have been rounded up.

1. Cost of Woodside Tank £1,000,000.
2. Length of time to construct 1 year
3. External dimensions of tank 70m long x 31m wide x 5.5m high
4. Maximum depth of tank base 9.0 metres
5. Volume of clay and topsoil excavated 36,000m3 (equal to about 340 double decker buses)
6. Volume of concrete in tank 3,000m3 (3,000 cubes of concrete measuring 1m x 1m x 1m laid side by side in the High Road would stretch from Woodside Park through Shopping City past Turnpike Lane and all the way to Harringay Stadium.
7. Weight of steel reinforcement in tank 360 tonnes (equal to about 360 average.cars)
8. Length of steel reinforcement in tank 223 kilometres (the steel would stretch from London to Dover and almost back again)
9. Maximum volume of water stored 7,000m3 = 7,000,000 litres
 = 1,540,000 gallons
10. Length of outfall heading (Tunnel) 460 metres
11. Length of timber used in heading (to support ground) 9 kilometres
12. Maximum depth of heading below ground level 6.3 metres
13. Minimum depth of heading 2.9 metres

AM/JAN
28 January 1985