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Sheltered the houses have mostly red roofs and most of them are painted cream on the outside. Water is collected in the reservoir There are 3 major reservoirs in Penang George Town or Georgetown is the capital of the state of Penang in Malaysia. Named after Britain's King George III, George Town is located on the north-east corner of Penang Island and has about 220,000 inhabitants, or about 400,000 including the suburbs. Formerly a municipality and then a city in its own right, since 1976 George Town has been part of the municipality of Penang Island, though the area formerly governed by the city council is still commonly referred to as a city, and is also known as Tanjung ("The Cape") in Malay .The inner city of George Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. George Town is in the north- east corner of Penang so it will not get flooded But it only if above Historical sites/Heritage Sites Latest world heritage site (July 2008) is: Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Melaka demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and the Portuguese and Dutch periods beginning in the early 16th century. Featuring residential and commercial buildings, George Town represents the British era from the end of the 18th century. The two towns constitute a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and South East Asia. These are photos of the reservoirs in Penang "Guillemard Reservoir" approach Bridge & Command Post In the early days, the site was open to the public & families The Command Post is the same design as the two pumping stations. This reservoir is the 3rd one # 1Pumping Station #2 Pumping Station
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Sheltered the houses have mostly red roofs and most of them are painted cream on the outside.
Water is collected in the reservoir
There are 3 major reservoirs in Penang
George Town or Georgetown is the capital of the state of Penang in Malaysia. Named after Britain's King George III, George Town is located on the north-east corner of Penang Island and has about 220,000 inhabitants, or about 400,000 including the suburbs.
Formerly a municipality and then a city in its own right, since 1976 George Town has been part of the municipality of Penang Island, though the area formerly governed by the city council is still commonly referred to as a city, and is also known as Tanjung ("The Cape") in Malay .The inner city of George Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
George Town is in the north-east corner of Penang so it will not get flooded
But it only if above
Historical sites/Heritage Sites Latest world heritage site (July 2008) is:
Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Melaka demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and the Portuguese and Dutch periods beginning in the early 16th century. Featuring residential and commercial buildings, George Town represents the British era from the end of the 18th century. The two towns constitute a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and South East Asia.
These are photos of the reservoirs in Penang
"Guillemard Reservoir"
approach
Bridge & Command Post In the early days, the site was open to the public &
families
The Command Post is the same design as the two pumping stations. This reservoir is the 3rd one
# 1Pumping Station
#2 Pumping Station
