Water reservoirs and water tanks of Fort Mills
Apr 24, 2015 12:46:43 GMT 8
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Post by Karl Welteke on Apr 24, 2015 12:46:43 GMT 8
3 MILLION GALLON WATER RESERVOIR TOPSIDE.
Water is certainly an important subject and the leaders and engineers of the Manila Bay Harbor Defense Command constantly had to worry about it during the siege. I think this subject deserves its own thread in this forum. I have actually collected many images about this subject on Corregidor and the links will be added here after.
On the 10th of April 2015 I was able to team up with a few Coastal Defense Study Group (CDSG) personnel and we visited the Topside 3 Million Reservoir again. 11 images were added to my Topside Reservoir album which has now 30 images. The 11 new ones are at the end of the album. This is the URL:
s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Topside%20Other%20Subjects/Reservoir%20Rain%20Water%20Topside?sort=9&page=1
or use this tiny URL:
tinyurl.com/p5zssjj
Here are some sample images from the Topside album but they are much smaller than in the album:
X299. The 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. This is the pump house, the steps start at the east side. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
X300. This picture is from 2005, the pump house of 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills still had its metal window frames then.
X301. This is the bomb or artillery impact hole on the south side of the 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
X302. The 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. This is the view from the pump house towards the bomb or artillery impact hole. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
X303. This is the NE corner of the 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. We are looking towards east. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
Here is my other album about the 3,00,000 gallon water reservoir at Middleside:
s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Middleside%20on%20Corregidor/Rain%20Water%20Storage%203%20Mil-Gal?sort=9&page=1
or use this tiny URL:
tinyurl.com/n2mnh4j
Here are some sample images from the Middleside water reservoir album but they are much smaller than in the album:
Y169. A section of a 1929 map of this area in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in two parts, this is the left side. I marked in 4 new post war structures which you will see in this album. The thumb link is a larger version.
Y174. 2008-09-23 looking in the north direction across the reservoir. In the distance is the unused ex aviary structure.
Y178- 2008-09-23 looking from north to south across the 3 Million Gallon Rain Water Storage and in back is the Pump house (I call it that) at ex Well No. 9 location.
Water is certainly an important subject and the leaders and engineers of the Manila Bay Harbor Defense Command constantly had to worry about it during the siege. I think this subject deserves its own thread in this forum. I have actually collected many images about this subject on Corregidor and the links will be added here after.
On the 10th of April 2015 I was able to team up with a few Coastal Defense Study Group (CDSG) personnel and we visited the Topside 3 Million Reservoir again. 11 images were added to my Topside Reservoir album which has now 30 images. The 11 new ones are at the end of the album. This is the URL:
s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Topside%20Other%20Subjects/Reservoir%20Rain%20Water%20Topside?sort=9&page=1
or use this tiny URL:
tinyurl.com/p5zssjj
Here are some sample images from the Topside album but they are much smaller than in the album:
X299. The 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. This is the pump house, the steps start at the east side. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
X300. This picture is from 2005, the pump house of 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills still had its metal window frames then.
X301. This is the bomb or artillery impact hole on the south side of the 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
X302. The 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. This is the view from the pump house towards the bomb or artillery impact hole. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
X303. This is the NE corner of the 3 million gallon water reservoir Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills. We are looking towards east. Photo is from 10th Apr. 2015.
Here is my other album about the 3,00,000 gallon water reservoir at Middleside:
s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Middleside%20on%20Corregidor/Rain%20Water%20Storage%203%20Mil-Gal?sort=9&page=1
or use this tiny URL:
tinyurl.com/n2mnh4j
Here are some sample images from the Middleside water reservoir album but they are much smaller than in the album:
Y169. A section of a 1929 map of this area in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in two parts, this is the left side. I marked in 4 new post war structures which you will see in this album. The thumb link is a larger version.
Y174. 2008-09-23 looking in the north direction across the reservoir. In the distance is the unused ex aviary structure.
Y178- 2008-09-23 looking from north to south across the 3 Million Gallon Rain Water Storage and in back is the Pump house (I call it that) at ex Well No. 9 location.