Observation Place [????- ] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Observation Place [????- ]

Position is approximate, based on notes from Moddsey:

Observation Place would have been on Praya East just north of today's Tin Lok Lane. Observation Place also had a stone pier which in 1907 became known as Observation Street Wharf.

Photos that show this place

1905
1906

Comments

Observation Point was so named because after the British had taken possession in 1842 it was in this location Edward Belcher on HMS Sulphur surveyed the Latitude and Longitude of Hong Kong.