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Old Dam at Tai Tam [1903- ]

Submitted by gw on Sat, 2017-03-18 14:07
Date Place completed: 
c.1903-11-01 (Day is approximate)
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Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir
water supply

Pokfulam Filter Beds / West Point Filter Beds [????- ]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-03-15 17:18

These filter beds were built at the end of the Pokfulam Conduit that brought the water round from the Pokfulam Reservoir.

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Iron water tank at top of Hong Kong University campus [????- ]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2017-01-27 17:38

In the 1945 photo of HKU posted recently, an 8-sided roof down in the foreground caught my eye:

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water supply
cast iron water tank

Pineapple Dam [????- ]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2016-09-06 15:57

One of the dams surrounding the Shing Mun Reservoir.

The dam was built across the old Pineapple Pass. The Pass took its name from the pineapple crop that was grown in the valley. See http://gwulo.com/node/34413 for details.

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No 2 Tank [c.1860-c.1913]

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2016-07-14 12:23
Date Place completed: 
c.1860-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1913-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Married Police Quarters were completed in 1915 so demolish date set as 1913

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Caine Road
tai ping shan
water supply

"Bungalow Dam" Reservoir, Quarry Bay [????-????]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2016-06-23 15:06

Geoff Wellstead says that people living in Quarry Bay called this the "Bungalow Dam" reservoir. If anyone can tell us its formal name, please let us know.

 

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reservoir
water supply

Former Hatton Road Service Reservoir [1908-????]

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2016-06-20 16:53
Date Place completed: 
1908-01-01

Hi there,

I believe we have missed this.  Found an online document showing the old service reservoir was a covered brick work marvel.  Unfortunately it had been retired and demonished.  In its place now is a concrete box for Salt Water for flushing.

T

Only year of complete is accurate.  Location market is approximate.

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Hatton Road
water supply

Tai Tam Byewash reservoir [????- ]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2016-03-09 14:12
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reservoir
water supply

Wong Nai Chung Reservoir [1899- ]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2016-03-09 14:07
Date Place completed: 
c.1899-04-30 (Day is approximate)
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reservoir
water supply

Lower Shing Mun Reservoir [1965- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2015-09-21 10:54
Date Place completed: 
c.1965-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

The AMO write:

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