Tai Tam Reservoirs (Chinese: 大潭水塘) is a group of reservoirs located in the Tai Tam Country Park (大潭郊野公園) in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Choumeizai will talk about the dam of Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir (大潭篤水塘) here.
As part of Tai Tam Reservoirs, the British colonial government commenced the construction of Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir in 1912, the project was completed in 1917.
The dam of Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir is 364 meters long and 49 meters high. The dam was an epoch-making design at that time and the largest dam anywhere in the British Commonwealth.
More than 100 years later, the Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir still plays a major part in Hong Kong’s water supply system.
Twenty two facilities surrounding Tai Tam Reservoirs were declared as monuments in 2009, including pumping stations, masonry bridges, the memorial stone, the value house and the dam itself.
Tai Tam Bay (大潭灣) is not too far from the dam of Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir, when the weather is clear and the scenery is good, it is a good place for a walk.
There are several monuments related to Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir in Tai Tam Bay, such as this old staff quarters.
