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Tai Po Market Station (Temporary Structure)

Tai Po Market Station (Temporary Structure)
Submitted by Chinarail
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Chinarail ( by kind permission of the Royal Engineers Library)
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Tai Po Market
Railway Stations

The ornate Tai Po Market station building, which today serves as Hong Kong's Railway Museum, was not completed until 1913, two years after the railway had opened. For the first two years British soldiers encamped up in the New Territories  had to make do with a mat-shed station to shelter from the sun and rain.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, January 1, 1911
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Submitted by OldTimer on Tue, 2020-04-28 21:05.

Thanks Chinarail.  Some could be also in this photo -  https://gwulo.com/atom/30374  . Regards,  Peter

 

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