1900s Jubilee Road | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

1900s Jubilee Road

1900s Jubilee Road
Submitted by moddsey
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Thursday, January 1, 1903
Gallery: 
1900s Hong Kong
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Submitted by patricia on Sun, 2014-07-20 04:30.

That's a lovely photo, thank you, Moddsey.  A very windy road - one can see why it had to be closed to motor cars in 1912.  After all, they were travelling at speeds of up to 10 mph.  And Hong Kong's 14 cars operating as taxis had caused 4 deaths and 4 serious injuries in the previous 16 months.