Shek Shan, near To Kwa Wan [????-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Shek Shan, near To Kwa Wan [????-????]

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Submitted by simonarris on Thu, 2021-12-30 10:32
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists

Both the 1896 and 1903 overlays in Gwulo's Marvellous Mapping Tool show a place called Shek Shan near Ko Shan and the confluence of Chatham Rd North, Ma Tau Wai Rd and Kowloon City Rd.

There is no Chinese lettering so i can't tell if the Shek stands for Stone or Snake (two common usages).

I can find no reference to this area, which I'm taking to represent another member, albeit minor, of the " lost hills of Kowloon". 

Does anyone have any information to share? 

Thanks in advance! 

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Submitted by simonarris on Thu, 2021-12-30 11:16.

There is a crop from the 1896 map at https://gwulo.com/atom/41817.

Sorry, i haven't yet worked out how to think this properly

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2021-12-30 13:09.

Suggest to view the maps at https://www.hkmaps.hk/mapviewer.html and select the 1903.1 map. There is a Quarry Hill to the west of To Kwa Wan as well as quarries to the south west. More here

Submitted by simonarris on Fri, 2021-12-31 09:26.

Thank you moddsey, that helps. Good topographic detail and clarification in the Chinese. I guess the place marked was more like a processing area for the quarries "shek shan" than a "shan" itself. Much appreciated