Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1968
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH03-37.
Photo by William Pryor Floyd, dated 1868.
Looks as it is an underground tank with grass on top, possibly similar to other tanks like the one on the Peak. On the right, it looks like an inlet for rainwater or the creeks visible on the 1866 map. <Read more ...>
The very first dam in Hong Kong was built at Pokfulam. A masonry dam was built across "Pokfoolum" valley to collect rainwater. For the transport of water to Victoria, a ten-inch cast-iron pipe was laid from the reservoir along todays Pok Fu Lam Road to finally Bonham Road. The work was finished in 1863, the reservoir had a capacity of 2 million gallons (9100 m3). The dam was near the (todays) Jockey Club PHAB Centre, the reservoir stretched out to near Douglas Castle.
In 1978, the old dam was demolished in construction works.
