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Kalang
(old
spelling
of
“Kallang”)
River
Reservoir
was
officially
opened
on
26
March
1912
by
then
Governor
John
Anderson.
For
the
event,
a
commemorative
stone
was
specially
imported
from
Aswan,
Egypt,
and
laid
at
the
reservoir
near
this
location.
Lower
Peirce
Reservoir,
officially
opened
on
26
March
1912,
is
the
second-oldest
impounding
reservoir
in
Singapore.
Built
at
the
lower
portion
of
Kallang
River
in
1910,
the
reservoir
was
originally
known
as
Kalang
(Kallang)
River
Reservoir.
A
decade
later,
in
1922,
the
reservoir
was
renamed
Peirce
Reservoir
in
honour
of
the
service
of
Robert
Peirce,
the
municipal
engineer
who
served
in
the
position
from
1901
to
1916.
In
1970,
the
Public
Utilities
Board
engaged
Binnie
&
Partners
(Singapore)
to
conduct
feasibility
studies
for
the
construction
of
a
new
reservoir
in
the
vicinity
of
Peirce
Reservoir
as
well
as
to
implement
the
project.
The
site
was
found
to
be
suitable
and
construction
started
in
May
1972.
The
works
included
the
building
of
a
30-metre-high,
350-metre-long
earth
dam
upstream
of
the
existing
dam,
hence
creating
a
new
reservoir
upstream
of
the
existing
one.
This
new
reservoir
was
named
Upper
Peirce
Reservoir,
while
the
older
reservoir
was
accordingly
renamed
Lower
Peirce
Reservoir.
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