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Stands for Public Jinrickshas and Public Chairs 1894

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2022-04-08 20:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1894

From the Hongkong Government Gazette 21st July 1894.

More about the Regulations of Public Vehicles and Chairs in Hong Kong 1863-1941 here.

Queen's Road Central, looking west c.1900

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2022-04-08 17:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1900

Source: Wikimedia Commons Title there: Queen's Road Central, Duddell Street on the left, c1900

On the right is the "jinrikisha stand Queen's Road Central, at Duddell Street". 

On the left is the "chair stand Queen's Road Central, West of Ice House Street"

 

The partially visible building should be the Grand Hotel - Queen's Road Central [????-1929] (Note: missing marker on the map).

 

Similar photo below:

HSBC Headquarters Building 1890

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2022-04-07 23:31
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1890

Annelise posted this one already in 2010, but not as a separate image. It was reposted to show the rickshaw rank in front of the bank.

Source Wikimedia Commons

More about the Regulations of Public Vehicles and Chairs in Hong Kong 1863-1941 here.

Wyndham Street rickshaw rank [c.1931-c.1962]

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2022-03-26 02:39
Date Place completed: 
c.1931-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1962-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Rickshaw rank on the western side of Wyndham Street near the junction with Queen's Road Central. The rank had space for 10 - 15 rickshaws. It appears on many photos from the 1940s and 1950s.

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1915 Kowloon -Canton Railway, Kowloon Terminus, Tsim Sha Tsui = 尖沙咀火車站

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-04-21 00:47

From Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Originally attributed to 1914, but the building is finished and the date is more likely end of 1915. Date adjusted.

Railway connection to the Kowloon Wharves under construction. Likely these track opened at the same time when the terminus opened.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915
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D'Aguilar Street rickshaw rank [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-10-14 17:15
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