The water canal running along the rocky strip of land on the East bank of the stream, after nearly two grueling months of digging and building, was finally completed.
The final segment was the most difficult segment. In that place, the canal bed had to cut across a patch of gravelly soil, the water just flowing in and the bank immediately eroding.
Therefore, chief craftsman Borin forced people to line large rocks stacked tilted on both sides of the canal slope, stacked tightly to the point even inserting a finger could not fit through.
Right at the source head, he ordered digging an extra settling basin about two house bays wide, used to hold back mud and sand before the water flowed down to the village. The water intake gate was closed with a thick solid ironwood sluice gate, additionally installed with an iron crank handle, wanting to open wide or close small were both possible.
