Service reservoir - The service reservoir is situated on a hill of decomposed granite just beyond the old boundary-line of the British territory, no site at a suitable height being available near the center of the supply district. is is built entirely in cutting, with floor and sidewalls of cement concrete, and vaulting of the same material carried on brick arches and stone pillars. The reservoir is 150' in diameter and 20' deep, and has a capacity of 2,000,000 galls., the in and outlet being arranged so that the water flows in at the top and out from the bottom of the reservoir, thus insuring aeration and circulation.
source: Lawrence Gibbs, "General scheme and construction of the Kowloon 'Hongkong' waterworks system," The Far-Eastern Review, Vol. 3, Issue 10 (Mar 1907), pp. 316-319. Gibbs later wrote a short article entitled "Kowloon Water Works. Early History," The Hong Kong Naturalist, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb 1931), pp. 65-68.
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