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Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir [1908- ]

Submitted by gw on Sat, 2018-06-09 22:30
Date Place completed: 
c.1908-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Originally known as the Tytam Intermediate Reservoir, it was constructed between 1904 and 1908 according to PWD Reports of those years. Additionally, "for dam safety reasons, the north section of the spillway has been lowered in 1977, resulting in today's indented appearance of the crest of the dam" ( www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB138-14-B-eng.pdf ).

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Bowen Drive Pumping Station [????-c.1950]

Submitted by marlowe on Tue, 2018-05-29 13:52
Date Place demolished: 
c.1950-01-01 (Year is approximate)

There was a pumping station at Bowen Drive, just below Bowen Road, next to the Filter Beds. Not sure when it was built, but it doesn't appear in early pictures of the BMH. It was demolished in the early '50s, when the Service Reservoir was rebuilt. 
 

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Magazine Gap Road fresh water service reservoirs [c.1920- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2018-03-21 00:24
Date Place completed: 
c.1920-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Source here.

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Severn Road fresh water service reservoir [1965- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2018-03-21 00:03
Date Place completed: 
c.1965-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Over the entrance, it says 1965.

Street view here.

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Sign for water tank

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2017-10-07 20:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2017

Standing on Barker Road just above the octagonal water tank.

Octagonal iron water tank below Barker Road [????- ]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2017-10-07 13:40

Klaus found this tank is located a short distance noth-east of number the house "Trollstua" at 8, Barker Road.

It is marked on government maps as a Fresh Water Service Reservoir.

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cast iron water tank

Bowen Road Filter Beds [????-????]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2017-09-30 17:51
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filter beds
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Aberdeen Lower Reservoir [1890- ]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-09-06 15:52
Date Place completed: 
c.1890-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Timeline:

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Aberdeen Reservoir
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Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Valve House [1917- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2017-05-22 17:44
Date Place completed: 
c.1917-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Notes from the WSD leaflet about the Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail:

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Recorder House, Tai Tam reservoir [1917- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2017-05-22 17:35
Date Place completed: 
c.1917-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

This sits over the entrance to the tunnel that carries the water from the reservoir to the north side of the island. It was built to keep a record of the volume of water flowing through that tunnel.

Notes from the WSD leaflet about the Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail:

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