Parade Ground and Drainage Dimensions Parade Ground The drawing below is not made to scale. It shows the dimensions of, and features included in, the construction of the parade ground in Tweedsmuir Camp. The red arrow on the photograph to the right points to where the tennis court was located. One of the tennis net post holes is shown in this photograph. Parade Ground Drainage Although the camp was to have been a temporary development, there is evidence to show that careful thought was given to its construction. The water gulley on the eastern edge of the parade ground, for example, is lined with bitumen and includes a raised splash back to help control the flow of rain water into a substantial drain. Details of the gulley and storm water drain are illustrated in the graphic opposite, which is not made to scale. A trap at the bottom of the drain collected vegetative debris thereby reducing the risk of the earthenware pipe becoming blocked. The drainage details mentioned in the above description are shown in the photograph to the right. Interestingly, the earthenware pipe drops into the 19th century canal we describe in the 'Site Before World War Two' section of this website. Since a sizeable proportion of the canal was filled in during the camp's construction, the water released from the drain was forced to disperse over open ground.