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1927 Sheung Wan Waterfront

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1927 Sheung Wan Waterfront
Submitted by moddsey
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Moddsey
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An early aerial photo of Sheung Wan. On the waterfront in the centre is Western Market and the Empress Hotel. Please add in the names of any of the piers or buildings under place locations. 

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Saturday, January 1, 1927
Gallery: 
1920s Hong Kong
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Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2021-01-19 21:51.

Moddsey, very nice find. On the very left hand side, a bit of the Harbour Office is visible. The next pier to the right should be the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Wharf (second generation). In front of the Western Market should be the Morrison Street / Connaught Road Pier for ferries to Mong Kok & Sham Shui Po. Next to the right should be Public Pier No. 17 - British Canton Line / Yuen On Steamship Co. Ltd. Finally on the right where the tram leaves the praya is Wing Lok / 三角 Pier. 

Still a couple of piers to be identified.

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2021-01-20 07:54.

I note in some of the maps seen in http://www.hkmaps.hk/mapviewer.html that the wharf immediately to the west and next to the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Wharf is known as the "Pasig Wharf". Probably named after the river steamer "Pasig" that operated the Hong Kong to Canton service.

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-01-20 18:04.

We see 9 piers on this aerial photograph. From left (east) to the right (west) there are (8 of the 9 names are from the 1945 map on Gwulo)

1   Hong Kong Macau Ferry Wharf (second generation) [1900-c.1958]

2   Tung On Wharf

3   Po Tak Wharf (Pasig Wharf on the 1924 map)

4   Ping On Wharf

5   Morrison Street / Connaught Road Pier for ferries to Mong Kok & Sham Shui Po [????-????]

6   Public Pier No. 17 - British Canton Line / Yuen On Steamship Co. Ltd [????-????]

7   Hoi On Wharf

8   Yueng Tai Hing Wharf

9   Macao Wharf (Wing Lok / 三角 Pier [????-????])

 

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-01-20 23:43.

moddsey, I took your reference to Pasig Wharf (didn't know is was a steamer) and created a place for it.

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2021-01-21 00:38.

Klaus

This is brilliant work you are doing on all the piers and consolidating the various nodes. It's quite an education to see a former nondescript place suddenly have a name and decent history behind them. Phil

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2021-01-21 04:56.

Well Done!

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-01-31 23:08.

Here's the photo with annotations.

Sheung Wan piers (annotated) 1927
Sheung Wan piers (annotated) 1927, by Klaus

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2022-01-03 12:16.

The tall building at the right of the photo is the eight-storey Tung Shan Hotel.