Mount Emily Reservoir was a reservoir originally designed to bring water supply to the town of

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. It was in operation from 1878 until it was not required with the completion of

Fort Canning Reservoir The following is a list of service reservoirs in Singapore. There are currently 9 service reservoirs operating in Singapore which are used to store potable water. Changi Creek Reservoir Changi Creek Reservoir is a small service reservoir locat ...

in 1929. It was converted into a swimming pool and was reopened in 1931.

History

The reservoir was located in what is modern day Mount Emily Park, located in District 9, next to Istana and close to the areas known as

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and

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. The location contained a pumping station which was built in 1878, with the British government building two service reservoirs in the 1880s. Each had a holding capacity of one million gallons which were replaced by a 30 million storage reservoir at Fort Canning in 1929. The reservoir was also a resort area, surrounded by a park and playground which provided a view of the town. The reservoir became unused beginning in 1929 with the completion of

which supplied water to the town. In 1929, the

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took over the reservoir and its surrounding areas from the Water Department, and converted the reservoir into a swimming pool and the land as a public park at a recommended budget of $100,000.

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History

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