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Filter beds-brick built supports-Victorian

Filter beds-brick built supports-Victorian
Submitted by IDJ
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Bowen Road Filter Beds

This Victorian image shows what the inside of a filter bed probably looked like in Bowen Road. The sand-bed's containments sit on top of and across the columns.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, June 15, 1890
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1890s Hong Kong
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Submitted by tngan on Sun, 2011-12-25 01:19.

Hi there,

So they are basically Roman arches type of support, like those found along Bowen Road and part of the Pokfulam Conduits?  I wonder if we still have any of those old filter beds left in town now.

Best Regards,

T