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A. Macdonald & Co Shipyard [1864-c.1880]

Submitted by Herostratus on Sat, 2020-08-15 00:14
Date Place completed: 
1864-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
c.1880-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Alexander Macdonald set up A. Macdonald & Co. in West Point (Whitty Street and Queen’s Road West today) in 1864. His patent slip in West Point was opened on 9 August 1869 by Governor MacDonnell. Despite a mishap to the 1,200-ton iron vessel Cataluna, the slip opened for business, with the facility to haul a ship 250 feet in length clean out of the water. Its water depth at spring tides was 28 feet, allowing vessels drawing 13 feet or ships of 1,500 tons to be taken up. The machinery accessories were bought from Scotland personally by Macdonald.

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Queen's Road West

Lady in HK.jpg

Submitted by AndyLowe on Wed, 2018-10-31 21:49

The photo was obtained from Facebook's Chinese group Former Neighbors in Sheungwan (上環舊街坊). It attracted a lot of comments. The spot was the bustling intersection of Possession Street, end of Queen's Road Central (photo's background), start of Queen's Road West (where the lady was standing on), and Bonham Strand. Time should be around 1950s-1960s. It appears that the lady was among a VIP group visiting the area and the police blocked it off to enable the VIPs to stroll around. 

Would be interested to see if someone could identify the pretty lady.

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