Current condition
In use
Date completed
This reservoir replaced the smaller, 1st generation reservoir that was built just below this site.
Photos that show this Place
c.1874
c.1874
c.1874
This reservoir replaced the smaller, 1st generation reservoir that was built just below this site.
Comments
Pokfulam reservoir
Fred Evans took this photo in the late 1950's, looking down from the Peak to the reservoir, and across to Lamma island - just how Booth would have seen it.
There are lots of highrises between the reservoir and the shoreline today, but the view is still easily recognisable.
1866 Construction of 'Pokfulum' Reservoir
Early construction details on the construction of the reservoir can be read here HK Daily Press 20 November 1866 refers.