GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION REGULATIONS

GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION REGULATIONS

GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION.

GASHOLDERS EXAMINATION REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 54).
(Ordinance No. 1 Of 1938).

[14th April, 1938.]

1. hl these regulations-
'gasholder' means a water scaled gasholder which has a
storage capacity of not less than five thousand cubic
feet.

2. The proprietors of every gasholder in the Colony
shall cause the same to be externally examined periodically,
not less often than once in every month, by a competent
member of their staff, and make and keep proper records and
reports of such examinations and of al] work done in con-
sequence thereof. Where actual perforation of the sheeting
has taken place the examiner shall take steps to ascertain
whether or not the perforation is due to general wastage.

3. One of such external examinations shall take place
between ist January and 31st March in each year, at a date
and time to be arranged between the proprietors of the gas-
holder 'and the Colonial Secretary, when the examiner shall
be accompanied by an observer appointed by the Governor
and the proprietors shall furnish such observer with copies of
all the records and reports of the previous year rnade and
kept in accordance with regulation 2.

4. Within one month after each such annual examina-
tion the proprietors shall furnish to the Colonial Secretary a
report containing the particulars set out in the Appendix.

5. At least once in every seven years a tliorough-
examination shall be made of every gasholder in the Colony,
which has been installed for more than fifteen years, with a
view to ascertaining the condition of the internal surfaces of
the sheeting at a date and time to be arranged between the
proprietors of the gasholder and the Colonial Secretary when
the examiner shall be accompanied by an observer appointed





by the Governor. Such examination shall be made by cut-
ting samples from the crown and sides of the holder or by
other sufficient means, and all samples so cut and a report
on every such examination signed by the person making it
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shall be kept available for inspection.

6. Any proprietor of any gasholder in the Colony who
wilfully fails to carry out any requirement of regulation 2, 3,
4 or 5, and where the proprietor is a corporation every direc-
tor and managei. thereof, shall be severally guilty of an
offence and shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars.

7. . These regulations may be cited as the Gasholders
Examination Regulations.

APPENDIX. [r. 4.]

Annual Gasholder Inspection and Maintenance Record.

Name of proprietors:
Gasholder number:
Situation:
Built in (date): by:
Type (i.e., column, spiral or rope guided):
Capacity:
Lifts-Diameter and depth of, and pressure thrown by, each lift:
Guide framing: -Construction
Grown-Rise:
Sheets-Thickness of crown sheets:-
Thickness of side sheets:-
Cups and grips-Size and construction:
Material used for construction of-
(a) Gasholder,
(b) Tank..
Date of inspection:
Inspection made by:
Government observer:

1. Framing:
Condition of-
(a) Columns.
(b) Girders.
(c) Junction of girders and columns.
(d) Wind bracing.
(e) Ladders.





2. Lif ts:
(a) Top Lift:
i. External condition of crown sheets.
ii. Number of patches on crown sheets.
iii. Condition of handrail.
iv. Condition of carriages and rollers.
v. State of roller lubrication.
vi. Condition of crown painting.
vii. External condition of side sheets.
viii. Number of patches on side sheets.
ix. Condition of side painting.
(b) Second Lift:
i. External condition of side sheets.
ii. Number of patches.
iii. Condition of ladder.
iv. External condition of cup and grip.
v. Cup deposits and leakage,
vi, Condition of carriages and rollers.
vii, State of roller lubrication.
viii, Condition of painting.
(c) Third Lift:
i. External condition of side sheets.
ii. Number of patches.
iii. Condition of ladder.
iv. External condition of cup and grip.
v. Cup deposits and leakage.
vi. Condition of carriages and rollers.
vii, State of roller lubrication.
viii. Condition of paintwork.
(d) Bottom Lift:
i. External condition of side sheets.
ii. Number of patches.
iii. Condition of ladder.
iv. External condition of cup and grip.
v. Cup deposits and leakage.
vi. Condition of carriages and rollers.
vii. State of roller lubrication.
viii. Condition of bottom curb.
ix. Condition of bottom carriages and rollers.
x. Condition qf paintwork.

3. Tank:
(a) External condition of side plates.
(b) Condition of water level.
(c) Condition of ground level.
(d) Level of water-overflow.
(e) Leakage.
(f) Condition of carriages and rollers.
(g) State of roller lubrication.
(h) Condition of paintwork.
4. Measurements:
(a) Horizontal measurements from lift to lift at:
North point at top cup:
South 91 11 p
East YI 11 p
West ', 19
North second cup:
South
East
West





North point at third cup:
South
East
West 11 IP
North tank top:
South
East
West
(b) Vertical measurements from top of grip to water level
at:
North point at top cup:
South
East
West
North IP second cup:
South IP
East
West
North third cup:
South
East
West
North tank top:
South IP 11 11 11
East ;I IP. IP -1
West 11 11 11 11
(c) Positions of rollers relative to guides on each lift.
5. Pressure:
Unusual variations in pressure records:
6. Repairs and paintwork carried out since last annual
inspection:

7. General observations:



CHAPTER 55.
(Ordinance No. 55 Of 1936).

LIGHTING CONTROL.

Omitted

(under authority of section 10 of Ordinance NO. 20 of 1948).
Ord. 1 of 1938, s. 2(2), Schedule. G.N. 675/38. G.N.A. 93/51. G.N. 675/38. [r. 5 cont.] G.N.A. 93/51.

Ord. 1 of 1938, s. 2(2), Schedule. G.N. 675/38. G.N.A. 93/51. G.N. 675/38. [r. 5 cont.] G.N.A. 93/51.

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