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CLP Power Station, Hok Yuen 1931

Submitted by Chinarail on Sun, 2020-10-04 11:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1931

The China Light  & Power Company's power station at Hok Yuen, Kowloon in 1931. Photographed from the hillside behind the installation.

North Point 'A' power station turbine hall in 1955

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2020-03-27 20:03
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

No. 7 steam turbine (the second one) was in commission as early as 1932 so survived the war.

This was an unusual type to see in the 1960s as it was a Brush Ljungstrom machine, unlike the usual conventional British steam turbines similar to No 9 in the foreground.

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