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Sheung Wan piers (annotated) 1927

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1927

cropped from 1927 Sheung Wan Waterfront and piers annotated (names taken from the 1945 map on Gwulo).

Victoria Park 1968

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1968

Reclamation of the channel towards Ice Works starts (will not be finished until 1970/71).

Channel Rock 1968

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1968

Video snap from Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 682 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Hong Kong (1968).

Channel Rock at the end of the line of buoys.

1956 Star Ferry, Central

Text on Flickr:

Construction of the building of new passenger ferry piers at Central. This aerial photo shows the new terminal jutting out for the Central reclamation with the 14th Hong Kong products exhibition site in the middle of the picture.

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1956

1927 Sheung Wan Waterfront

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1927

An early aerial photo of Sheung Wan. On the waterfront in the centre is Western Market and the Empress Hotel. Please add in the names of any of the piers or buildings under place locations. 

Sheung Wan 1969

On the left is the Macau Ferry Wharf, the Western Market, and on the right should be Wing Lok Pier.

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1969

1965 Central waterfront

Central, not  Sheung Wan as posted on Flickr

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1965

British Pathé Films from 1968

On Youtube are two films (or actually cuts) from Hong Kong in 1968. A bit messy, but very interesting.

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 682 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Hong Kong (1968) - YouTube

Ferry Piers Central/Sheung Wan 1968

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1968

Video snap from Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 682 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Hong Kong (1968).

At the bottom left is Central Vehicular Ferry Pier, the eastern temporary berth has already been removed and the area reclaimed. The western temporary berth is still there.

Then two piers (the first one to Shamshuipo and Tai Tok Tsui, trhe second one is the Outlying Islands Ferry Pier), and a double Government Pier. 

The place can be seen already where the Rumsey Street car park will built in 1970.

Central & Sheung Wan

No date given. The old building right of the Harbour Office and behind the multi-storey car park (Wing On Department Store) has been demolished, it stood there still in June 1971. So the date was guessed to be 1972 1974 (see comment below).

Think the piers on the left are the Governments Piers near (todays) Gilman Street. Macau Ferry Wharf on the right. 

It looks as if the reclamation has been finished in this area.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1974

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