Public Pier No. 17 - British Canton Line / Yuen On Steamship Co. Ltd [c.1924-c.1974]
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Submitted by David on Fri, 2020-01-17 19:46
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
c.1924-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished:
c.1974-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
1920s photos show it with a semi-circular sign for the "British Canton Line". There's a good example at PH014_50-22 Gertrude Bass Warner photographs.
Maps from the 1930s / 40s, eg plates 3-5a and 3-5b in Mapping Hong Kong, label it as "Yuen On Steamship Co. Ltd, P.P. no. 17".
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Photos that show this place
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dates
from HKG Business:
THE YUEN ON STEAMSHIP COMPANY LTD
Company Type: Private Company Limited By Shares
Date of Incorporation: 23 July 1903 (Thursday)
Status: Dissolved
Date of Dissolution: 13 June 1962 (Wednesday)
Next reclamation
The pier vanished latest when the next phase of reclamation started west of the new built Macau Terminal in the 1970s. It doesn't appear on the 1975 map on hkmaps.hk.
First appearance is on an aerial photograph from 1924, also on hkmaps.hk.