While looking for the footpath up to the Wanchai AOP, we found a waterworks spillway clogged with debris and some kind of storage structure. The structure may be storage for the AOP but the concrete seems to be more consistent with PWD construction. <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.
