Fort Canning Service Reservoir

Fort Canning Reservoir
Fort Canning Service Reservoir
Location Fort Canning Singapore
Coordinates Coordinates: 1°17′37″N 103°50′48″E / 1.29361°N 103.84667°E / 1.29361; 103.84667
Type Reservoir
Basin countries Singapore
Built 1927
Surface area 27,875.5 square metres (300,049 sq ft)

The Fort Canning Service Reservoir (Chinese: 福康宁备水池) is an underground reservoir located on top of Fort Canning Hill[1] in Singapore. Construction of the reservoir began on 1 April 1927 on the former site of a large artillery barracks and parade ground to help supplement the large impounding reservoirs. The reservoir was constructed in two sections, the southern section was ready for water storage by 1 August 1928, and the final work completed by the middle of January 1929.[2] Water is pumped from the large reservoirs into the service reservoirs, thus enabling water to flow down the hill into houses.

Earlier service reservoirs were built on Mount Emily (1878), Pearl's Hill (1903), and Bukit Timah Hill. The size of the Fort Canning Reservoir is 27,875.5 m2.

A spring used to exist on the west side of Fort Canning Hill and served as a source of water in the early days of Singapore. The spring was called pancur larangan or "forbidden spring", where the women of the ruler's household were said to bathe in ancient times. In the early period of the 19th century Singapore, the stream was used to provide clean drinking water for all ships stopping at the port until the demand exceeded the capacity by the 1830, and the spring then dried up as wells were dug around the hill.[3] A cache of Javanese-style gold ornaments dating to the mid-14th century were discovered when workers were excavating for the reservoir at Fort Canning in 1928.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Bose, Romen (15 Jun 2012). Singapore At War: Secrets from the Fall, Liberation and the Aftermath of WWII. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. p. 30. ISBN 9814435422.
  2. ↑ "Singapore's New Reservoir". Malaya Tribune. 7 February 1929. p. 9.
  3. ↑ John Miksic (15 November 2013). Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300–1800. NUS Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-9971695743.
  4. ↑ "The Archaeology". World of Temasek. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017.
  5. ↑ R.O. Winstedt (November 1928). "Gold Ornaments Dug Up at Fort Canning, Singapore'". J.M.B.R.A.S. [Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society]. 6 (4): 1–4.


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