Comments on: Seoul Waterworks and Seoul Forest

By: Skookum

Skookum — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:25:04 +0000

I can read Japanese.
京城　水道　上水　保護區域標
Keijo Suido Josui Hogo Kuiki Hyo

Seoul/Waterworks/Clean Water/Protection/Area(Boundary)/Marker

In Japanese (or should I say Sino-Japanese), 上水 (josui) is “clean water” and 下水 (gesui) is “sewage”.

The sign on the brick building is:
京城　水道　揚水　工場
Keijo Suido Yosui Kojo
Seoul/Waterworks/Water Pumping/Factory. I think someone tried to shave off “Keijo”. 　

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:22:16 +0000

Thanks. And you’re very welcome.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:19:44 +0000

This is a lovely set of pictures. Thanks for posting them.

By: judge judy

judge judy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:10:57 +0000

and if you’re a runner you can go all the way up jungrang to the dobong mountain. pretty nice path in seoul.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:16:31 +0000

Much obliged!

By: wolssiloa

wolssiloa — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:14:39 +0000

Hi, been a reader for awhile, thought I would help out here.

京成水道上水保護區域標
경성수도상수보호구역표

You can separate it in your mind like this:

京成水道上水保護區域標
Waterworks (Top/Surface) Water Conservation Boundary Marker

Basically it’s a surface marker for where the boundary of the water conservation area begins.

By: ElCanguro

ElCanguro — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:18:34 +0000

Nice photos, it looks like a pleasant spot.

I’ve had a stab at the Chinese characters though haven’t been able to work out the last character. Hopefully someone else can come along to finish it off (and correct any errors made).

Hanja: 京成水道下水保建區域?
Korean: 경성수도하수보건구역?

Which roughly translates to:

Gyeongseong {Keijo} (경성: old name of Seoul) waterworks (수도) sewage (하수) sanitiation (보건) district (구역) ?