ROMANESQUE UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR

前深水埗配水庫為本港第一個以圓形築成的地下配水庫。它在 1904 年完工，供應食水給九龍塘/深水埗/大坑東一帶居民。隨著石硤尾食水配水庫 1970 年投入服務，其龐大庫容量(3 千萬加侖) 能穩定供水給深水埗一帶的大量居民。相對小型的前深水埗配水庫角色已被淡化，在 1970 年正式停用。

The Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir was the first circular underground service reservoir locally built. Completed in 1904, it supplied fresh water to the people residing in the areas of Kowloon Tong, Shum Shui Po and Tai Hang
Tung since then. As the Shek Kip Mei Fresh Water Service Reservoir was commissioned in 1970, with its massive storage capacity (30 million gallons), it provided stable water supply to lots of people living in the area of Sham Shui Po. Due to its relatively small storage capacity, the importance of Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir faded out and it ceased to operate in the same year.

由於石硤尾主教山山頂蓄水池荒廢而久，2020年時水務署建議進行平整工程。有市民經過地盤時突然發現，蓄水池疑似是在香港甚為罕見的古羅馬式建築，並立即通知區議員，才令過百年歷史的配水庫得以重見天日。

The Water Supplies Department called off the demolition plan of the Bishop Hill Peak Fresh Water Break Pressure Tank at Shek Kip Mei, after some residents and SSP District Councilor led to the discovery of the Romanesque architecture in 2020.

2021 年 6 月，古物諮詢委員會同意將深水埗主教山配水庫及油麻地配水庫，評定為一級歷史建築。

In June 2021, the city’s Antiquities Advisory Board rated the former water supply structure as a Grade 1 historical building.

如果有興趣到訪前深水埗配水庫，需要到水務署網頁報名導賞團參觀，但由於反應熱烈，現需要提早約兩個月前預約。（6-7月已經額滿）

If you are interested in visiting the reservoir, you need to register the guided tour organised by Water Supplies Department. Due to the overwhelming response from public, you need to make the reservation at least 2 months in prior via the government website. (All tours from June to July are now full.)