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Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir 九龙水塘历史构筑物Jiǔlóng Shuǐtáng Lìshǐ Gòuzhùwù
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir
Five waterworks structures built between 1901 and 1910 for Kowloon Reservoir: the main dam and its valve house, the spillway dam and two recorder houses. It was the fourth reservoir in Hong Kong and the first on the Kowloon Peninsula, and its stored rainwater replaced well water and the supply pumped from Yau Ma Tei. The structures lie in Kam Shan Country Park, also known as Monkey Hill for its macaques.
How to get to Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir
About 0.5 km west-south-west of the Kowloon Reservoir stop on Tai Po Road, from where Golden Hill Road, the start of MacLehose Trail Section 6, runs past the reservoir.
Nearby
- Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 under 10 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Victoria Peak 太平山顶 under 10 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 30 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb 李郑屋汉墓 (under 10 km), Dialogue in the Dark 黑暗中对话 (under 10 km), Memorial Stone of Shing Mun Reservoir 城门水塘纪念碑 (under 10 km), Lui Seng Chun 雷生春 (under 10 km), Che Kung Temple 沙田车公庙 (under 10 km), Maryknoll Convent School, Kowloon Tong 玛利诺修院学校 (under 10 km).
On the map
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