Seongjigok Valley Reservoir, Busan

This facility is a waterworks reservoir built in 1909 to supply drinking water to the Busan area; it later supplied industrial water as well, and is now used as an educational and tourism resource within Busan Children's Grand Park. It was built under a contract between the Korean Empire government and the Japanese Residents' Association of Busan to jointly bear construction costs and jointly manage the facility. The cornerstone bears the inscription "隆熙3年 竣工" ("Completed in the 3rd year of Yunghui"), using the Korean Empire's era name to record the date of completion, as well as, in English, the names of the Japanese engineers who took part in the construction. The reservoir dam and the sedimentation-basin dam are finished with roughly dressed stone attached to the surface of a concrete structure; in cross-section, the dams are nearly vertical on the inner side facing the water and broader at the base, tapering upward, on the outer side. In 1972, when the Nakdonggang River waterworks intake works were completed, the facility's water-supply function ceased, and the area around the reservoir was turned into a park and incorporated into Busan Children's Grand Park.

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Where it is

Region

Busanjin-gu, Busan

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산