MacRitchie Reservoir

MacRitchie Reservoir is '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.
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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.

Shopping center
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, formerly unofficially called Thomson Yaohan, is a suburban located along Upper Thomson Road, in . Opened in 1979, is best known for having a Yaohan departmental store in the 1980s and 1990s.

Ruins
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Syonan Jinja was a Shinto shrine at MacRitchie Reservoir, . 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.

Metro station
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MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line, located in planning area, Singapore. Announced along with the 17 stations of CCL Stages 4 and 5 in November 2005, it was designated as a station to be opened in the future.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caldecott Hill and Sin Ming.

Neighborhood
is a private housing estate, located along Thomson Road in the of Singapore. The estate is served by , on both the Circle and Thomson-East Coast MRT lines.

Quarter
is a housing estate located in the subzone of Upper Thomson in the town of , Singapore. It is roughly situated between MacRitchie Nature Reserve and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

MacRitchie Reservoir

Latitude
1.345° or 1° 20′ 42″ north
Longitude
103.82389° or 103° 49′ 26″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
6PH58RVF+XH
Geo­Names ID
1880481
Wiki­data ID
Q7331703
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Satellite Map

Discover MacRitchie Reservoir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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.

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Highlights include Bukit Brown and Bukit Golf Links.

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