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Village in the Hong Kong area, ca. 1910

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

Village in the Hong Kong area, ca. 1910

Dear reader,

Do you recognise this village in the Hong Kong area?

Thank you for your reply.

Kind regards,

Pieter Lommerse

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

The bridge once stretching over water

Text on Flickr:

The upper left picture was taken in July 1968 showing how the Mei Foo bridge was built over the sea.

 Lower right picture was taken in 1974, showing the Lai Chi Kok bay was still in existence.

 The same area was a park in the 80s before it finally becomes a part of the West Rail Mei Foo Station.

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

Lai Chi Kok Bridge [1968- ]

Date Place completed: 
c.1968-10-01 (Day is approximate)

From the Hong Kong Annual Report 1968

Peak Tram Bridges

In the Journal from 1888 it is reported that there are eleven bridges on the Peak Tram. Two of them are over roads, and the rest over nullahs and gaps. In the beginning, two road bridges over the tram were built (Bowen Road, a bit later Macdonnell Road). In 1907, the May Road bridge was built, and in 1968, the Cotton Tree Drive bridge was added.

So, let’s start at the lower terminus.

The Peak Tram Hong Kong 1960

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960

May Road bridge

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2007

Magazine Gap Road bridge

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2013

Film still from this Youtube Video.

Shows two arches from two bridges. Most likely the second one was built when Magazine Gap Road was widened to become the main access from Central to the Peak.

An interesting array of arches

Flickr text: Underneath the Magazine Gap Road overpass.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

May Road bridge over Peak Tram [1907- ]

Date Place completed: 
c.1907-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

May Road bridge was opened in 1907.

In the 1907 Public Works Report it is reported under 67. New Roads in Victoria:

Extension East and West of Conduit Road: This work, as indicated by its title, comprises two separate sections of road, the eastern extending from the elbow in Magazine Gap Road, across the Peak Tramway and Peak Road ......

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