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Elliot & Belcher Battery Guns.jpg

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2019-09-20 03:14
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1905

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Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Shek Tong Tsui ,hill road, 1887

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2017-12-21 03:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1887
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gas works
gas holder
Shek Tong Tsui
West Point

1857Map copy.jpg

Submitted by gracehf on Thu, 2017-06-15 11:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1857

Obtained from the Public Records Office. The vertical street in the middle should be Centre Street, with Western and Eastern on either side, leading up towards First St. 

The Reformatory School and Orphanage [c.1864-????]

Submitted by Herostratus on Wed, 2016-05-25 19:44
Date Place completed: 
c.1864-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

The Reformatory School and Orphanage, situated at West Point, started by Father T Raimondi of the Italian Mission in 1864 and now under the control of the Vicar Apostolic, — provides education in the native tongue for Chinese boys from the age of eight years.It also takes in and cares for the deaf, the dumb and the blind, and in cases of reformatory treatment finds occupation for its inmates in the learning of useful trades.

Source: The Tourist's Guide to Hong Kong, with short trips to the Mainland of China (1897) by HURLEY, R. C.

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Western District
sai ying poon
West Point
orphanage

waterfront wanchai till westpoint part 4

Submitted by paul asbreuk on Sat, 2013-08-31 23:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906
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