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Yau Ma Tei Pumping Station - Still there...!

Submitted by 80sKid on Wed, 2013-06-12 16:33
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You can clearly see the remaining structure of the pumping station, once the engineers office and now associated with the nearby Cantonese opera held at Yau Ma Tei theatre. 

Funny to think they were going to tear it down because no one knew what the original purpose of the building was... 

There's no date given but I'd guess c.1900.

I wonder if the AMO has even seen this photo - from UK national archives...

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1900
Places shown in this photo: 
Yau Ma Tei Pumping Station, Shanghai Street [1895- ]
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The National Archives (UK)
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Yau Ma Tei
Shanghai Street

Ridgeline, houses, and Police Station

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2013-05-19 15:46
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1900
Places shown in this photo: 
Yau Ma Tei Police Station (1st generation) [1873-c.1960]

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I've highlighted what I think is the Yau Ma Tei Police Station building.

c.1900 View of beached sampans along the Yau Ma Tei shoreline

Submitted by David on Sat, 2013-05-18 19:00

Where: Local historian Cheng Po-Hung has a very similar photo in his book "Early Hong Kong Kowloon's Peninsula". He describes it as:

Boats in front of Reclamation Street and boat people gathered along Sixth Street (Jordan Road).

That certainly sounds to be the right part of town, unless anyone disagrees with the ridgeline in the distance:

1887 Map of Yau Ma Tei

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-05-18 18:58
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1887

Detail from plate 4-2 (1887) Plan of Kowloon, from the Mapping Hong Kong book.

Children

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-05-18 18:37
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1900

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Men

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-05-18 18:37
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1900

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Houses & ridgeline

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-05-18 18:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1900

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Odds and ends

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-05-18 18:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1900

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Statue Square

Submitted by christoph on Sun, 2013-04-14 14:56
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
Statue Square, Central [????- ]
Queen Victoria's statue (original location) [1896-1944]
Statue of Queen Alexandra [1909-1942]
Statue of Sir Thomas Jackson (1st location) [1906-????]

Statues: Sir Thomas Jackson in front, Queen Victoria, Queen Alexandra in the background

Postcard: "Published by K.M. & Co. Hongkong

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