THE. HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY
JUBILEE RESERVOIR IN THE
A swimming pool, now covered by the dam where, it is said, Dongkong's nudists once cavorted.
Preliminary work. Before the site of the main dam wall could be decided upon it was necessary to drill for a rock found ation.
1937.
MAKING
To-day this gorge is filled with water and will probably never again be seen empty.
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Blasting rock from the quarry just below the dam. The rock was used to mix with the cement in the dam wall.
In this deep cutting in the face of the mountain-side, the main Huge cranes carried supplies and tools to the bottom of the
wall of the dam has been bedded.
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gorge for the initial constructional work.
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The dam wall twelve months ago, with the rock-filling already half in place.
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