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c1949 tramline
Submitted by Joseph
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tram

Rare view showing a high- and low-level tramline. Any idea on the location? Causeway Bay may be.

Regards,

Joseph

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Saturday, January 1, 1949
Gallery: 
1940s Hong Kong
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Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2014-05-24 07:09.

Causeway Road looking east. The buildings to the right of the tramline matches those in the photo below.

1950s Causeway Bay

Submitted by Edmond on Sat, 2014-05-24 12:29.

Joseph,

I agree with Moddsey that the tramline is on Causeway Road.

Causeway Road in 1940s

Regards/Edmond

Submitted by David on Sat, 2014-05-24 19:55.

It looks like a major construction project. Any ideas what they were building?

Regards, David

Submitted by Joseph on Sat, 2014-05-24 21:06.

Hi David,

Reclamation may be as the Causeway Road located near the coast in the past.

Regards, Joseph

Submitted by C on Sat, 2014-05-24 22:09.

Interesting that the trams were at different levels.

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2014-05-24 23:32.

The Government gave approval to double track the tramway line to Quarry Bay  in 1929 with works commencing in 1930. Plans were made at the same time to construct a 100 foot Road (future King's Road) to Quarry Bay.

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2014-05-26 03:07.

The East Praya Reclamation final report mentions that many roads in the area had to be raised by at least 2 feet to accommodate new drains and that 5,000 feet of tram track had to be relaid.

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2019-04-05 00:24.

Update: Sunday Herald 25 January 1948

For many years the road adjoining the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter has been subsiding. To prevent futher subsidence, the Public Works Department is constructing a cut-off wall within the typhoon shelter. At the same time the road, considered too narrow for present day conditions and much too low to avoid flooding in heavy rains, is being raised by about 4 feet and widened to approximately 100 feet.

China Mail 10 March 1949

Found the same photo that Edmund had posted, The road raising works were in connection with the Causeway Bay Reclamation. I surmise Joseph's photo is also from the same period.

 

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2021-02-13 12:09.

I've updated the photo's date from c1930 to c1949.