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1904 Bowrington Canal

Caption under imade: Hong Kong Tramway. View of the Power-house looking South taken from the West side of the Canal. May 1904

(The image is originally from the UK National Archives).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1904

Power Station of HK Tramways [c.1903-c.1924]

Date Place completed: 
c.1903-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1924-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Hong Kong Tramways built a power station at the Bowrington Canal. The canal was used both for turbine cooling water and delivery of coal with barges.

It operated from 1904 to 1923. The location was near or at the place where the Sharp Street Tram Depot was built later, probably a tram depot existed there before. Its unknown when the station was demolished, the dates are set preliminary from 1903 to 1924.

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