Cropped from Air Raid 1945-01-16 (3)
This is one of the few aerial photographs that show piers from Central, Sheung Wan to Sai Ying Pun. The photo was not taken vertically downwards, therefore the distances between the piers to the west are a bit compressed. Although it’s a photo taken at the end of WW II, the piers look intact and represent piers existing in the 1930s/1940s.
The following piers are identified (names mainly taken from the 1945 map on Gwulo)
1 Murray Pier (3rd generation) [c.1908-c.1955]
2 Queen's Pier (1st Generation) [1925-1955]
3 Central Star Ferry Pier (2nd Location, Connaught Rd off Ice House St) [1912-1957]
4 Blake Pier (1st generation) [1900-1965]
6 Douglas Steamship Co. Ltd. Wharf [????-????]
7 Pottinger Street Pier [1898-c.1965] (Government Pier)
8 Vehicular Ferry Pier, Central [1933-1994]
9 Leung Chung Wharf
10 Osaka Shosen Kaisha (O.S.K.) Wharf [????-????]
12 Unknown (Wing Wo Street Pier)
13 Harbour Office Pier
14 Hong Kong Macau Ferry Wharf (second generation) [1900-c.1958]
15 Tung On Wharf
16 Pasig/Po Tak Wharf [1900-c.1958]
17 Ping On Wharf
18 Public Pier No. 17 - British Canton Line / Yuen On Steamship Co. Ltd [c.1924-c.1974]
19 Hoi On Wharf
20 Yueng Tai Hing Wharf
21 Wing Lok / 三角 Pier [????-????] (Macao Wharf)
22 Yuen Un Wharf
23 Permanent Pier No. 6 off Queen Street (Chun On Wharf)
24 Sutherland Street Pier [c.1903-c.1980] (Sai Kong Wharf)
25 Wilmer Street Pier (Ferry to Sham Shui Po)
26 Unknown (Ferry to Tai O & Chung Chau on the 1945 map)
27 Tong Tei Wharf
28 Jardine's Wharf [1885-1981] (Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Pier)
