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designed to cater for the predicted worse case building that would form part of the
final development of the Silo Square precinct. This meant two stage pumps, where
only the lower pressure discharge port was utilised for the No 1 Silo building. The high
pressure port would serve the next development (now underway) which is the old silo
building revamp and extensions.
• The No 1 Silo had a piped LPG supply taken off the underground main, fed from the bulk
gas tank located adjacent to the Caltex service station, that runs past the site. This had
three take-off branches after coming into the building. The one was capped for future
extension LPG supply requirements in this precinct, where the other two were for the 1
Silo restaurant kitchen and for the residential block (where every appointment was fitted
No 1 Silo
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