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Wanchai from Victoria Park Road

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2019-01-28 00:12

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

2011

Taken from the footbridge over Victoria Park Road. <Read more ...>

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1975 World Trade Centre = 世界貿易中心 hong kong

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2019-01-27 23:56

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

1975

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hotel

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George FENWICK [1851-1896]

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2019-01-26 00:01

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Fenwick

Given:

George

Birth

Date:

c.1851-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Birthplace (town, state):

Brechin, Angus

Death

Date:

1896-05-05

Cause of death:

heart problems

George Fenwick was the owner of a shipyard in the area of Queen’s Road East and Ship Street (Wanchai).

He appears for the first time in the Jury List for 1877 as "Fenwick, George, Assistant, Inglis & Co.", and two years later as "Engineer" of the same company.

In the 1884 Jurors list he appears as Engineer of Fenwick & Co, living in the district Wantsai.

In the 1895/96 Jurors list he appears as Manager of Fenwick & Co, living in the Hongkong Hotel. <Read more ...>

Birthplace (country):

Scotland

Tags:

wharf

wanchai

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Looking across the harbour to Kai Tak

Submitted by Herostratus on Sat, 2019-01-12 03:20

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

1947

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1950s Wanchai Fenwick Pier

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2018-12-31 18:43

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

1950

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1965 Harcourt Road

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2018-10-21 02:33

To me it looks like Harcourt Road looking east. In the back, upon the hill, it looks like Bowen Road. On the right are barracks with a mast (Wellington Barracks?). Most interesting is the Italia pavillion on the right, part of an international fair or exhibition? By the road, pipes are stored (diameter about 1 metre) - for a gas pipeline?

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

1965

Tags:

wanchai

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Oriental Sugar Refinery [1876-c.1880]

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2018-09-20 08:49

Date Place completed:

c.1876-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Date Place demolished:

c.1880-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Opened in 1876, went out of business a few year later. The large chimney on the site survived for a few years until about c1890. Described as Jardine’s second sugar refinery in Hong Kong

In 1876 several Europeans financed by Chinese capital built the Oriental Sugar Refinery on property now defined by Swatow and Amoy Streets. It also soon failed and passed into receivership. Eventually it was taken over by Jardine, Matheson and Company and was merged with their China Sugar Refining plant at East Point <Read more ...>

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