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Royal Naval Canteen

The b/w photo seems to be the original one which has been hand coloured:

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1901
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East Praya construction locomotives

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1923

This image is believed to be the East Praya contractor's steam locomotives involved in the reclamation works. However the newsprint doesn't actually say so. Similar reclamation works were being done elsewhere around this time, notably at Kai Tak and the land formation for the Kowloon Tong estates using narrow gauge railways with similar contractor's locomotives. The backgound hills may give a clue. The tree in the right seems to be a bit too substantial to be growing on newly reclamation land.

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