The pumping station was equipped with steam - driven pumps and able to abstract an estimated 400,000 gallons of water from three wells nearby for the early inhabitants in the Kowloon Peninsula .
Steam - driven pumps were imported from England .
The pumping station was equipped with steam - driven pumps , which were imported from England , and able to abstract an estimated 400,000 gallons of water from three wells nearby for the early inhabitants in the Kowloon Peninsula .