The proposal that the false pagoda is actually a means to hide an ugly water tank is quite feasible.
The mansion was located on the valley floor, so it probably could not be fed by far away mountain slope streams. And pressurized ‘mains’ water supplies by government would not have been available in that area at the time the house was built.
It is speculated that the water tank was at an elevated level in order to get a ‘head’ i.e. sufficient water pressure above the property’s internal water taps so they flowed in quantities for washing, sinks, baths etc.
The tank could have been fed from a groundwater well and pumped up to the tank by a simple electric pump and a water tank float system for control. Perhaps installed by C.E. Warren & Co? Alternatively, a pump could have been hand operated by in-house staff.
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Lei Yuen water tower/pagoda
Considering the extraordinarily large number of posts on this subject starting on
https://gwulo.com/media/19894
Anyone surviving to the conclusion will have to negotiate other websites including Facebook to actually see what it looked like.
An image of the structure is now posted.
Water tower feasabilty
The proposal that the false pagoda is actually a means to hide an ugly water tank is quite feasible.
The mansion was located on the valley floor, so it probably could not be fed by far away mountain slope streams. And pressurized ‘mains’ water supplies by government would not have been available in that area at the time the house was built.
It is speculated that the water tank was at an elevated level in order to get a ‘head’ i.e. sufficient water pressure above the property’s internal water taps so they flowed in quantities for washing, sinks, baths etc.
The tank could have been fed from a groundwater well and pumped up to the tank by a simple electric pump and a water tank float system for control. Perhaps installed by C.E. Warren & Co? Alternatively, a pump could have been hand operated by in-house staff.