維城甘泉(西) | Victoria Waterworks Hong Kong West

曾幾何時，依靠一個由本地水塘與引水道組成的網絡，這城市自給自足其用水。以薄扶林水塘及薄扶林引水道組成的維多利亞城供水系統是其中之一。水塘一帶的多條石橋、看守員宿舍以及量水站都已經被列為法定古蹟，唯薄扶林引水道及其多條水道橋還沒有得到同等地位。這一次旅程是一趟個人探索與緬懷，試著把所有還在的水道橋找出來，在它們消失前好好紀錄一下。可是我沒有想到要看到它們最美的角度和模樣，不但要攀爬，除了跌跌撞撞，還要大量捐血給蚊蠓。但這樣一個歷史課堂絕對值得，而且這親身感受的一課比從文字得到來得更為立體與深刻。

There used to be a time when this city counted only on her own water supply, with a network of local reservoirs and associated distribution systems. Victorian Waterworks, the collective name referring to Pokfulam Reservoir and Pokfulam Conduit feeding freshwater to the city of Victoria, used to be one of them. You may find a number of historical relics around the reservoir, including 5 masonry bridges, a watchman cottage, and a gauge basin all having already been declared monuments. Nevertheless, Pokfulam Conduit, including its numerous beautiful masonry aqueducts, has yet to gain such an heritage status. This was a personal quest to locate, identify, and document each and every surviving one of them before they're gone for good. I didn't expect that there's so much climbing, slipping and sliding and especially mosquito-feeding involved. But it was indeed quite a history lesson experienced rather than taught among the slopes, vegetation, streams and ravines that the conduit has to negotiate.

更多有關薄扶林引水道的資訊：
For more information:

gwulo.com/pokfulam-conduit

industrialhistoryhk.org/hong-kong-water-supply-pok…

www.designinghongkong.com/edm/index.php?option=com…

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