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Marine Lot #111 in 1889

Submitted by Edmond on Tue, 2013-11-05 15:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1889

Marine Lot #111 appearing on the Survey Sheet (part-print) of Wanchai District in 1889. The red lines shows the whole lot boundary.

Viewing Wanchai District from Bowen Road 1895

Submitted by Edmond on Fri, 2013-11-01 23:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1895
Places shown in this photo: 
Seaman's Hospital [1843-1873]
Wanchai Govt School, Queen's Road East [1872-1959]
Wantsai (Wanchai) Valley Dam [1886- ]

This photo (dated in 1895) was loaded from Public Library gallery which shows the old Wanchai School, but in small image.   This photo was taken at a spot above the dam which formed part of Bowen Road.   It clearly shows the Seamen's Hospital at the top of hospital hill.  To its south was the old Wanchai School (at the right side of the photo).  For those who are familiar with Wanchai District, Wanchai Road and Stone Nullah Street can be identified easily in the photo.    The shoreline was Praya East, which was later

old Wanchai School to the south of Seamen's Hospital

Submitted by Edmond on Wed, 2013-10-30 10:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1873
Places shown in this photo: 
Pak Tai Temple, Wanchai [1863- ]
Royal Naval Hospital, Wanchai [1873-1949]
Wanchai Govt School, Queen's Road East [1872-1959]

The painting shows the Seamen's Hospital at hospital hill in Wanchai in 1873. To the south, one can find the old Wanchai School surrounded by short walls.  On the left is the open stone-nullah.  The present day "Stone Nullah Street" follows this alignment, and the open stone-nullah became a box-culvert under the road surface.   On the foreground one can find a twin-structure with decorations on the roofs.  It is the Pak Tai Temple, which was built in 1863.

Survey sheet of Wanchai in 1889

Submitted by Edmond on Tue, 2013-10-29 16:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1889
Places shown in this photo: 
Wanchai Market (1st Generation) [1858-1936]
Wanchai Govt School, Queen's Road East [1872-1959]

the image is a part-print of the Survey Sheet of 1889 showing Wanchai District.

Location of the old Wanchai School is highlighted.   The School was built in 1872 by the Hong Kong Government.   It was situated to the south of the Seamen's Hospital.

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