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Hongkong Steam Laundry Ltd.; Premises at Yaumati

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1917

Steam Laundry, Yau Ma Tei [c.1905-????]

Date Place completed: 
c.1905-12-12 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

The steam laundry was located on IL 1157, to the east of the Orient Tobacco Factory and on the (northern) corner of Dundas St and Kwong Wa St, Yau Ma Tei. It is shown on the 1920 Kowloon map, and possibly also the 1952 map.

The laundry is referred to in the 1906 Public Works Report (at 19), as having sustained damage/partial collapse as a result of the typhoon on 18 September 1906. The construction date is not yet known, so 1905 is an estimate.

 

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Laundry on the hillside

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

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/35944

1931 At the laundry trough.jpg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1931

THis will have been taken somewhere north of Kowloon. Possibly Tai Po.

Morris Talan re United Laundries & Kiwi Cleaners

Hi all

Does anyone know what happened to United laundries it was located at North Point HK in the 70s. The business was sold in 1978.

Regards

Michael

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