4 14 Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Dam 1912-1917 Valve House 1883 - 1888 12 10 12 6 Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir The masonry-faced concrete gravity dam features ornamental parapets and The valve house forthe dam is located atone third of the way 12 large spillways to handle water overflow. Spillways ateither end ofthe along the top ofthe dam. A simple square structure with a Valve House 1904 damare the original spillways while the other10 have been modified with single doorand small window openings which have since been additionalconcre te structures to actas siphon spillways. Over the spillways blocked, the valve house has been builtin rock-faced rusticated are a road deck formed by 12 arches supported by half-round granite granite blocks. The original hipped roofhas been replaced with columns where busy road runs along connecting Stanley and TaiTam with a flatroof with the projecting cornice, supported by carved ChaiWan and Shek O. ornamental corbels, remains intact. Asmall valve house, located halfway along the 15 16 5 subsidiary dam,is rectangular in shape and features rock-faced granite walls,a flatroofand Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Valve House 1917 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir windows. Access walkways along the dam Tai Tam Upper Reservoir R ecorder House 1917 and Memorial Stone 1918 allowed regularins pections and are used today Tunnel Inlet 1883 - 1888 by hikers following trails in TaiTam Country 1918 Park. Original castiron safety railings remain (SirHenryMay, 1912-1918) in place. The valve house is situated near the south end ofthe Tai TamTuk Reservoir dam. The valve house was builton a projecting platformwhich Acommemorative stone is ere cted near the southern end at the top ofthe damto mark the completion ofthe Tai TamReservoirScheme has cantilevered steelbalconies or catwalks fixed to the frontof it. The in 1918. Sir Henry May, Governorof Hong Kong from1912 to 1918, valve house was built to a rectangularplan with walls of rock-faced officiated atthe ceremony. rusticated granite.The roof is flatand the parapethas a moulded projecting cornice and coping allround the building.Window and door openings have Acommemorative stone mark s the inletto the tunnel that semi-circular arches and flush cills. The windows on the side facing the carries stored waterfrom TaiTam through the Bowen Aqueductwhich runs above Wan Chaiand on road have been blocked up. to Mid-Levels meeting the needs ofresidents and business es alike in the Centraland Western districts ofHong Kong Island. The tunnel inlet, covered in iron grating, is located atthe south ofthe dam. Access catwalks with guard rails have been builtabove it. The tunnelillustrates the ambition ofthe Tai Tamprogramme and the advanced engineering skills applied atthat time. Aboutthree decades later, a smallrecor der house with coursed granite walls was builtacross the tunnelinlet to monitorwaterflows.
7 17 18 2009 53 Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir Dam 1904 5 41 Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping The damis a concrete gr avity construction faced with masonry. An Pumping Station No. 2 Staff Station Staff Quarters 1905-1907 215 overflow orspillway runs almostthe entire length ofthe damwhich is Quarters 1936 strengthened ateither end by wing walls ofcours ed rubble. Access 1907 2 steps lead toa waterlevel gauge. 1936 8 As mallerde tached two-storey block, completed In 2009, following a recommendation by the Antiquities Advisory Board, the Antiquities Authority in 1936, has been builtin the ‘Arts and Crafts’ declared 41 historic waterworks facilities within the Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs and other 5 pre-war Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Masonr y Bridge 1907 style ofarchitecture. This building also features In 1907, accommodation foroperational and maintenance verandas looking out to the sea and is pending historic reservoirs (namely Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, Wong Nai Chung Reservoir, Kowloon Reservoir, staff was completed atthe western end ofthe Engine Hall. for revitalisation. Whatis believed to be the original red brick walls of the long Shing Mun Reservoir and Aberdeen Reservoir) as monuments under the Antiquities and Monuments narrow building have been painted lightyellow and the roof Ordinance (Cap. 53) to ensure that the import ant waterworks heritage would be p rotected and The top ofthe bridges ar e lined with decorative cornices. The parapets are is pitched and covered in Chinese tiles. The windows are lined with rusticated ordres sed granite copings. The bridges continuing to wooden casements with segmental arched heads and long preserved. ensure accessibility to the reservoirs ystemar e also integral to TaiTam verandas offer the additionaladvantages of views across Country Park’s walkways. TaiTam Bay and cooling sea breezes during hot summers. The building is still being employed by Water Supplies 19 The Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail covers 21 historic Departmentforoperationaluse. waterworks structures which have been declared monuments. Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping The trail is 5 kilometres long and can be completed within 2 hours. 9 Station Chimney Shaft 1907 Convenient public transport takes you to Wong Nai Chung Gap Tai Tam Intermediate Reser voir Dam 1904 - 1907 near Hong Kong Parkview or to the junction of Tai Tam Road and Tai Tam Reservoir Road where the trail is located. Dams along the TaiTam system follow a generic form. The masonry faced damat The chimney shaftf orthe original pumping station remains in TaiTam Intermediate Reservoir has a stilling pond with concrete side walls and place today.Aflue carried smoke generated by coalburning tubular steelgu ard rails. Seventy years afterthe originalstr ucture was completed, steamb oilers through the engine hallto the chimney thatis the whole section ofthe dam’s spillway was lowered by 3 metres forsafety reasons. square in plan and constructed in red brick.Whilst the engine This has leftthe dam looking slightly indented at its crest. hallis classified as Georgian Revival,the chimney shaftfalls into the Utilitarian category.
20 10 21 Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Tai Tam Intermediate Reser voir 11 Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Masonry Bridge 1883 - 1888 Valve House 1904 - 1907 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Station 1907 Pumping Station Senior Staff Masonry Bridge 1907 Quarters 1905 Tai Tam Upper Reservoir 1905 Builtaspartof thereservoirproject ,this bridge The valve house is builton a proj ecting platform, and Two ofthe br idges in particular are quite high Masonry Aqueduct 300 sits ata right angle to the aqueduct, across what could be reached by a footbridge. The plinth consists of and feature granite imposts,ins erted between 1905 1883 - 1888 1.4 was once the byewash of the TaiTam Upper severalcourses ofdressed ashlarand the walls are columns and arches. Reservoir. Its piers and columns are also constructed of rock-faced rusticated granite blocks built The station’s role was to pump water fromthis southern mostpartof 1 strengthened with moulded capitals orcorbels to to courses. Features include semi-circulararched heads Hong Kong Island’s catchmentto provide extra supportf orthe bridge. overdoorand windows. A rectangularcastiron By the time the principle elements ofthe Tai Tam thetunnelinletlocated atthe middle rainwater pipe, complete withornamental hopperhe ad, system were fully operationalin 1905, teams of ofthe hill. Its engine hallis a rare can be seen atone cornerof the valve house. crews were involved in the operation and Located to the southwestof the dambehind a piece ofhistoric industrial maintenance ofthe reservoirs , dams, aqueducts smallhill, the aqueductis constructed in thick architecture. The warehouse styled and tunnels. The house,orig inally builtforthe building, red brick walls and concrete slabs supported on specifically managerofthe waterworks systemin 1905, is a Chinese tiled pitched roofs encase 3 moulded masonry piers and columns. It sits plain two-storey building constructed atop a raised the engine house which, overthe across whatwas once a streambed and diverts platformat the eastern end ofthe pumping station’s 13 decades, has contained steamdriven Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Dam rainwaterfroman indirectdrainage catchment engine hall. The premises are being tenanted pumps capable oftran sferring 3 tothe TaiTamUpperReservoir. underthe managementofGovernmentProperty 1883 - 1888 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir million gallons (14 000 cubic Agency. 10030.5 Masonry Bridge 1907 metres)ofwaterper day. 400121.96018.3 2 7 3002.2 16 5005 Fourmasonry bridges were builtalong Tai Transportation to Tai Tam Water works Heritage Trail TamTuk Rese rvoir ’s western shore across The reservoir waters were contained by the towering walls of a graniteand significantstreambeds. City Bus concrete dam, 100 feethigh (30.5 metres), 400 feetlong (121.9 metres) and 12 314 314 Siu SaiWan (Island Resort) – Stanley (Beach / Market) [Circular] 60 feetwide (18.3 metres)atits base - the largestdamstructureeverbuiltin Hong Kong atthat time. From the reservoir, watergravitated through a 7 300 feet Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Masonr y Bridge 1907 (2.2 kilometres) long tunnelthrough mountain and an aboveground 16 500 feet New World First Bus (5kilometres)aqueductto Central.Allelements of theprojectdemonstra tethe 14 14 SaiWan Ho (Grand Promenade)- Stanley Fort(Gate) determination ofplanners and the tenacity ofconstruction workers. Each bridge boasts granite arch structures with huge columns thatconverge at the top end. 20099 1st Edit ion Sep 2009
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In 2009, following a recommendation by the Antiquities Advisory Board, the Antiquities Authority declared 41 historic waterworks facilities within the Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs and other 5 pre-war
historic reservoirs (namely Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, Wong Nai Chung Reservoir, Kowloon Reservoir, Shing Mun Reservoir and Aberdeen Reservoir) as monuments under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap. 53) to ensure that the important waterworks heritage would be protected and preserved.
The Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail covers 21 historic waterworks structures which have been declared monuments. The trail is 5 kilometres long and can be completed within 2 hours. Convenient public transport takes you to Wong Nai Chung Gap near Hong Kong Parkview or to the junction of Tai Tam Road and Tai Tam Reservoir Road where the trail is located.
Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Masonry Bridge 1883 - 1888
TaiTam Upper Reservoir Built as part of the reservoir project, this bridge Masonry Aqueduct sits at a right angle to the aqueduct, across what 1883 - 1888 was once the byewash of the Tai Tam Upper Reservoir. Its piers and columns are also 1 strengthened with moulded capitals or corbels to provide extra support for the bridge. Located to the southwest of the dam behind a small hill, the aqueduct is constructed in thick concrete slabs supported on specifically 3 moulded masonry piers and columns. It sits across what was once a stream bed and diverts Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Dam rainwater from an indirect drainage catchment 1883 - 1888 to the Tai Tam Upper Reservoir.
10030.5 400121.96018.3 2 7 3002.2 16 5005 The reservoir waters were contained by the towering walls of a granite and concrete dam, 100 feet high (30.5 metres), 400 feet long (121.9 metres) and 60 feet wide (18.3 metres) at its base - the largest dam structure ever built in Hong Kong at that time. From the reservoir, water gravitated through a 7 300 feet (2.2 kilometres) long tunnel through mountain and an aboveground 16 500 feet (5 kilometres) aqueduct to Central. All elements of the project demonstrate the determination of planners and the tenacity of construction workers.
4 Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Valve House 1883 - 1888
6 Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir The valve house for the dam is located at one third of the way along the top of the dam. A simple square structure with a Valve House 1904 single door and small window openings which have since been blocked, the valve house has been built in rock-faced rusticated granite blocks. The original hipped roof has been replaced with a flat roof with the projecting cornice, supported by carved ornamental corbels, remains intact. A small valve house, located halfway along the 5 subsidiary dam, is rectangular in shape and features rock-faced granite walls, a flat roof and Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Recorder House 1917 and windows. Access walkways along the dam Tunnel Inlet 1883 - 1888 allowed regular inspections and are used today by hikers following trails in Tai Tam Country Park. Original cast iron safety railings remain in place. A commemorative stone marks the inlet to the tunnel that carries stored water from Tai Tam through the Bowen Aqueduct which runs above Wan Chai and on to Mid-Levels meeting the needs of residents and businesses alike in the Central and Western districts of Hong Kong Island. The tunnel inlet, covered in iron grating, is located at the south of the dam. Access catwalks with guard rails have been built above it. The tunnel illustrates the ambition of the Tai Tam programme and the advanced engineering skills applied at that time. About three decades later, a small recorder house with coursed granite walls was built across the tunnel inlet to monitor water flows.
7 Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir Dam 1904
Theoverflow dam oris aspillway concrete runs gravity almost construction the entire lengthfaced w oithf the masonr dam whichy. An is strengthened at either end by wing walls of coursed rubble. Access steps lead to a water level gauge.
8 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Masonry Bridge 1907
The top of the bridges are lined with decorative cornices. The parapets are lined with rusticated or dressed granite copings. The bridges continuing to ensure accessibility to the reservoir system are also integral to Tai Tam Country Park’s walkways.
9 TaiTam Intermediate Reservoir Dam 1904 - 1907
Dams along the Tai Tam system follow a generic form. The masonry faced dam at Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir has a stilling pond with concrete side walls and tubular steel guard rails. Seventy years after the original structure was completed,
the whole section of the dam’s spillway was lowered by 3 metres for safety reasons. This has left the dam looking slightly indented at its crest.
10 Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir 11 Valve House 1904 - 1907 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Masonry Bridge 1907 The valve house is built on a projecting platform, and Two of the bridges in particular are quite high could be reached by a footbridge. The plinth consists of and feature granite imposts, inserted between several courses of dressed ashlar and the walls are columns and arches. constructed of rock-faced rusticated granite blocks built to courses. Features include semi-circular arched heads over door and windows. A rectangular cast iron rainwater pipe, complete with ornamental hopper head, can be seen at one corner of the valve house.
13 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Masonry Bridge 1907 Four masonry bridges were built along Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir ’s western shore across significant stream beds. 12 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Masonry Bridge 1907
Each bridge boasts granite arch structures with huge columns that converge at the top end.
14 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Dam 1912-1917
12 10 12 The masonry-faced concrete gravity dam features or namental parapets and 12 large spillways to handle water overflow. Spillways at either end of the dam are the original spillways while the other 10 have been modified with additional concrete structures to act as siphon spillways. Over the spillways are a road deck formed by 12 arches supported by half-round granite columns where busy road runs along connecting Stanley and Tai Tam with Chai Wan and Shek O.
15 16 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Valve House 1917 Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Memorial Stone 1918 1918 (Sir Henry May, 1912-1918) The valve house is situated near the south end of the Tai Tam Tuk A commemorative stone is erected near the southern end at the top Reservoir dam. The valve house was built on a projecting platform which of the dam to mark the completion of the Tai Tam Reservoir Scheme has cantilevered steel balconies or catwalks fixed to the front of it. The in 1918. Sir Henry May, Governor of Hong Kong from 1912 to 1918, valve house was built to a rectangular plan with walls of rock-faced officiated at the ceremony. rusticated granite. The roof is flat and the parapet has a moulded projecting cornice and coping all round the building. Window and door openings have semi-circular arches and flush cills. The windows on the side facing the road have been blocked up.
17 18 Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping
QuartersPumping 1936Station No. 2 Staff Station Staff Quarters 1905-1907 1907 1936 A smaller detached two-storey block, completed in 1936, has been built in the ‘Arts and Crafts’ style of architecture. This building also features In 1907, accommodation for operational and maintenance verandas looking out to the sea and is pending staff was completed at the western end of the Engine Hall. for revitalisation. What is believed to be the original red brick walls of the long narrow building have been painted light yellow and the roof is pitched and covered in Chinese tiles. The windows are wooden casements with segmental arched heads and long verandas offer the additional advantages of views across Tai Tam Bay and cooling sea breezes during hot summers. The building is still being employed by Water Supplies 19 Department for operational use. Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Station Chimney Shaft 1907 The chimney shaft for the original pumping station remains in place today. A flue carried smoke generated by coal bur ning steam boilers through the engine hall to the chimney that is
hallsquare is classified in plan and as constructedGeorgian Revival, in red thebrick. chimney Whilst shaft the engine falls into the Utilitarian category.
20 21 Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Station 1907 Pumping Station Senior Staff Quarters 1905 1905 1905 300 1.4 The station’s role was to pump water from this southern most part of Hong Kong Island’s catchment to By the time the principle elements of the Tai Tam the tunnel inlet located at the middle system were fully operational in 1905, teams of crews were involved in the operation and of the hill. Its engine hall is a rare piece of historic industrial maintenance of the reservoirs, dams, aqueducts architecture. The warehouse styled and tunnels. The house, originally built for the building, red brick walls and manager of the waterworks system in 1905, is a Chinese tiled pitched roofs encase plain two-storey building constructed atop a raised the engine house which, over the platform at the eastern end of the pumping station’s decades, has contained steam driven engine hall. The premises are being tenanted pumps capable of transferring 3 under the management of Government Property million gallons (14 000 cubic Agency. metres) of water per day.
Transportation to Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail
City Bus 314 314 Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) – Stanley (Beach / Market) [Circular]
New World First Bus 14 14 Sai Wan Ho (Grand Promenade) - Stanley Fort (Gate)
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12 Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail 1.330 This 1.3-kilometre section takes about 30 minutes City Bus - 314 13 New World First Bus - 14 1 - 21 18 Please see information at the back 17 19 Stanley