High Island Reservoir Monument — Local services in Hong Kong

The monument at the East Dam is an anchor-shaped stone to mourn the sacrificed engineers. Construction of the High Island Reservoir is a tremendous project. It was estimated that there were 13,000 construction workers involved in building the High Island Reservoir. During the construction stage, five engineering staff members perished in the line of duty, including an Italian engineer, a French engineer, and three Chinese construction workers. An Italian construction company built a blue anchor-shaped monument ( 錨形防波石）on which names were engraved in memory of those who lost their lives in the High Island Reservoir Project. High Island reservoir is also the only one of 17 reservoirs with the monument in memory of those lost their lives in the project. There are two plaques, the English one is on the blue rock, and the Chinese one is on the fence. The one in the rock read: “In Memory of Those Who Lost Their lives in the High Island Reservoir Project Boonsri Srivichainuan 1973 Nov 25th Alberto Rabassi 1974 Oct 31st 林九 1975 Aug 25th 李廣林 1977 Mar 2nd 霍福培 1977 Jun...

This is an interesting monument dedicated to those who died during the construction of the East Dam at High Island Reservoir in the Sai Kung East Country Park in the 1970s. It was erected on the south side of the Dam in 1978.

What you see is a large T-shaped concrete block called a dolos. It is blue colour and includes a small plaque with the names of the five individuals who perished during the construction of the reservoir dam.

Interestingly, from the nearby dam, you can see the lower cofferdam which consists of hundreds of these dolosse that form a wall between the sea and the small buffer lake below the actual dam.

The monument is located on the south end of the East Dam. It is also the first point of interest of the High Island Geo Trail which continues onward into the depression (buffer area) below the East dam to view the geological splendours on full...

The monument was erected in memory of the lives lost during the construction of the High Island Reservoir. The huge pale blue piece of rock is actually a dolos, a huge piece of precast reinforced concrete in the shape of 2 twisted "T" joined at the end. These dolosse were used to build the cofferdam to help protect it from...