Wing Lok / 三角 Pier [c.1903-????]
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Submitted by David on Sat, 2019-01-05 11:22
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
c.1903-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
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Photos that show this place
 1908 |
 1909 |
 1925 |
Comments
Wing Lok Street Pier
There was a predecessor: the temporary pier at the end of Wing Lok Street which was almost completely destroyed by the typhoon on the 10th November. (1900 Public Works Report)
Re: wing lok pier
The 1945 map on Gwulo gives the name "Macao Wharf" for this pier.
Construction Date
A Government Notification gives an indication when this pier opened, possibly 1903.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION—No. 513.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Sites for Piers by Public Auction to be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department on Monday, the 8th day of September. 1902, at 3 pm., are published for general information
By Command F. B. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hongkong, 15th August, 1902.
Particulars and conditions of Sale of the right of erecting and maintaining piers over Crown Fore-shore to be held at the offices of the Public Works Department by order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, on Monday, the 8th day September. 1902, at 3 p.m.
PARTICULARS.
PERMANENT PIERS.
No. of Sale. Position. Largest Dimension Upset Price.
1 West end of Wing Lok Street, 900' x 30' $10,000
2 End of Queen Street, 200' x 30' 10,000
3 End of Sutherland Street, 160' x 30' 8,000
Addendum: permission to build piers was granted in 1902, see here.