Statue square steam crane | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Statue square steam crane

Statue square steam crane

Today this land is home to the Cenotaph and the neatly kept lawn that surrounds it. But back in 1902, and for roughly the first ten years of the twentieth century, it was a builder's yard, complete with its own steam crane.

(Detail cropped from page 70 of the new Volume 4 of 'Old Hong Photos and The Tales They Tell'.)

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, January 1, 1902