Taikoo Dockyard [1907-1978]
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Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2008-10-20 02:47
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
1907-08-01
Date Place demolished:
1978-12-31
The completion date is shown on the foundation stone, photographed below.
The closure / demolition date is given on this timeline at the Swire website.
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Photos that show this place
 1902 |
 1903 |
 1906 |
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Post-war
If you zoom in to these couple of photos, you can see the Taikoo Dockyards' slipways across the bay.
The photos are dated 1946/7, showing that the docks were soon back to work after the end of WW2.
https://images.hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/100kie6/HVD_VIAolvwork351396
https://images.hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/100kie6/HVD_VIAolvwork351394
'GRIFFIN ON TAIKOO DOCKYARD, HONG KONG.'
Found this while rummaging through HKU archives, dated back to 1911
It features some very detailed technicalities of the dockyard itself, as well as where all the construction materials were imported from. Also a map on the general plan of the docks.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B05pn2afWY6LZ0kxZVBFajV4T0U/view?usp=sh...
Kevin
re: 'GRIFFIN ON TAIKOO DOCKYARD, HONG KONG.'
That's a good find, thanks for sharing it with us.
I've extracted the plan to make it easier to read:
Regards, David
Tai Koo Dockyards
The Warren Swire photo collection has hundreds of photos of the dockyard from the early 20th century to 1940. The full archive can be found here: https://www.hpcbristol.net/collections/swire-g-warren
The dry dock was filled with
The dry dock was filled with water for the first time on 22nd June 1907:
Water was admitted to Messrs. Butterfield & Swire’s new Dock on the 22nd June and the erection of the various offices, workshops and stores was in a forward state.
Item 32, 1907 Public Works Report
Images c1910