Memorial Stone of Shing Mun Reservoir 城门水塘纪念碑Chéngmén Shuǐtáng Jìniànbēi

About Memorial Stone of Shing Mun Reservoir

A memorial stone of 1937 marking the completion of Shing Mun Reservoir, which took 14 years to build from 1923 and was the largest reservoir of the pre-war period supplying water to both sides of Victoria Harbour. The Antiquities and Monuments Office notes that it and the stone at Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir are the only two such stones for the largest pre-war reservoirs in the New Territories and on Hong Kong Island. It stands by the main dam in Shing Mun Country Park, where sections of the MacLehose and Wilson trails meet the reservoir.

How to get to Memorial Stone of Shing Mun Reservoir

By the main dam of Shing Mun Reservoir, about 0.8 km south-south-east of the minibus terminus where green minibus 82 from Tsuen Wan ends, and about 2.4 km east-north-east of Tai Wo Hau MTR station.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 10 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 10 km
  Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
• Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 30 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride

Also within 20 km: Sam Tung Uk Museum 三栋屋博物馆 (under 10 km), Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir 九龙水塘历史构筑物 (under 10 km), Old House, Hoi Pa Village 海坝村古屋 (under 10 km), Che Kung Temple 沙田车公庙 (under 10 km), The Mills 南丰纱厂 (under 10 km), City Art Square 城市艺坊 (under 10 km).

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