MacRitchie Reservoir
MacRitchie Reservoir is Singapore's oldest reservoir and was the first water supply system implemented in Singapore. The reservoir was mostly completed in 1867 by impounding water with an earth embankment, and was then known as the Impounding Reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: body of water in Singapore
- Also known as: “Impounding Reservoir”, “McRitchie Reservoir”, and “Thomson Road Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomson Plaza and Syonan Shrine.
Thomson Plaza
Shopping center
Thomson Plaza, formerly unofficially called Thomson Yaohan, is a suburban shopping mall located along Upper Thomson Road, in Singapore. Opened in 1979, Thomson Plaza is best known for having a Yaohan departmental store in the 1980s and 1990s.
Syonan Shrine
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Syonan Jinja was a Shinto shrine at MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore. Built by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II, the shrine was destroyed directly before British forces re-occupied Singapore.
Mount Alvernia Hospital
Hospital
Mount Alvernia Hospital is the only not-for-profit general acute tertiary care private hospital in Singapore. With close to 380 beds, Alvernia is supported by more than 300 on-campus specialist doctors and nearly 1,400 accredited doctors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caldecott Hill and Sin Ming.
Caldecott Hill
Neighborhood
Caldecott Hill is a private housing estate, located along Thomson Road in the Central Region of Singapore. The estate is served by Caldecott MRT station, on both the Circle and Thomson-East Coast MRT lines.
Sin Ming
Quarter
Sin Ming is a housing estate located in the subzone of Upper Thomson in the town of Bishan, Singapore. It is roughly situated between MacRitchie Nature Reserve and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.
Toa Payoh West Market and Food Court
Neighborhood
Photo: Kbseah, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Toa Payoh West Market and Food Court is a neighborhood.
MacRitchie Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“MacRitchie Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “汤申路蓄水池”
- Chinese: “麦里芝蓄水池”
- German: “MacRitchie-Stausee”
- Indonesian: “Waduk MacRitchie”
- Japanese: “マクリッチ水源地”
- Malay: “Kolam Air MacRitchie”
- Russian: “Мак-Ритчи (водохранилище)”
- Slovenian: “MacRitchie Reservoir”
- Slovenian: “pregradno jezero MacRitchie”
- Tamil: “மெக்ரிட்சே நீர்த்தேக்கம்”
- Tamil: “மெக்ரிட்ச்சி நீர்தேக்கம்”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ chứa nước MacRitchie”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bright Hill Crescent and Thomson Ridge Estate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bukit Brown and Bukit Golf Links.
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