Aberdeen Reservoirs

Aberdeen Reservoirs

The Aberdeen Reservoirs are a group of two reservoirs, consisting of the Upper Aberdeen Reservoir and the Lower Aberdeen Reservoir, in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.

History

The Aberdeen Reservoirs were built to augment Pok Fu Lam Reservoir in providing water supply to the west of Hong Kong Island. The Lower Aberdeen Reservoir, with a capacity of 44.2 million gallons, was originally a private reservoir owned by Tai Shing Paper Factory, built in 1890, which also provided water to nearby residents. The Government bought the reservoir at a price of HK$460,000 and expanded it to a capacity of 91 million gallons. At the same time, the Government built a new reservoir with a capacity of 175 million gallons above the original one, increasing the total capacity to 266 million gallons (about 1.26 million cubic metres). The reservoirs were officially opened on 15 December 1931 by Governor of Hong Kong William Peel, becoming the fourth and last reservoir group ever built on Hong Kong Island, after Pok Fu Lam, Tai Tam and Wong Nai Chung. [cite web|url=http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=110|title=地 方 - 香 港 水 塘 ( 一 ) 香 港 九 龍|publisher=Hong Kong Place|accessdate=2008-09-25]

In 1977, a 4.23 square kilometre area around the reservoir was designated as Aberdeen Country Park, one of the earliest country parks in Hong Kong. [cite web|url=http://www.afcd.gov.hk/tc_chi/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_abe/cou_vis_cou_abe.html|title=Aberdeen Country Park|publisher=Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department|accessdate=2008-09-25]

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