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American Marine Limited Shipyard

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-10-17 02:09
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962

Photo from Grand Banks History - agbm

American Marine Limited Shipyard

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-10-17 02:00
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962

Film still from Surviving Typhoon Wanda.

American Marine Limited Shipyard on the shore, manager's house on hilltop.

Junk Bay = 將軍澳 1973

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-10-17 01:54

 American Marine/Kong & Halvorsen Marine & Engineering Company Shipyard partly visible bottom left.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1973
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American Marine/Kong & Halvorsen Marine & Engineering Company Shipyard [1962-c.1987]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-10-17 01:44
Date Place completed: 
c.1962-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1987-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Shipyard in Junk Bay near the village Hang Hau, opened 1962. Here heavy sailboats and big motor yachts were manufactured. Most work was done by hand, many carpenters were busy to build boats. From 1962 onwards, they were concentrating more on the diesel-powered cruise boats.

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American Marine Limited [1956-1975]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-10-17 01:00

Shipyard founded by Robert Newton, (manager of Bireley’s soft-drink bottling plant located on Mok Cheong Street/Ma Tau Kok) and his sons John and Whit. They started in 1956 building boats on the parking lot of the bottling plant.

Fenwick Shipyard [1880-1905]

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2020-12-11 22:15
Date Place completed: 
c.1880-06-01 (Day is approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1905-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Shipbuilding in Wanchai started in the mid-1840s already. On Marine Lot No. 31 and the adjoining Marine Lot No. 36 the Victoria Foundry was built in 1868. This was taken over by  George Fenwick in 1880.

In David’s post “Wanchai's seafront in 1902” it is reported about Fenwick’s business on Marine Lots No. 31 and No. 36:

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Fenwick Shipyard 1890s

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2020-12-11 21:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1890

Cropped from Showing Wan Chai 1890's (Looking West).jpg

More information here : Geo. Fenwick and CO. [1880-c.1911]

Fenwick Shipyard 1880s

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2020-09-09 23:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1880

Cropped from Early Waterfront.jpg

Geo. Fenwick and CO. [1880-c.1911]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2020-09-09 22:19

Shipbuilding in Wanchai started in the mid-1840s already. On Marine Lot No. 31 the Emery & Frazer Co. started business and constructed a slipway. After many changes in ownership, in 1856 Ross & Perkins Co. expanded the shipyard into the adjoining Marine Lot No. 36. In 1868 it was known as the Victoria Foundry. In 1870, John Inglis took over the Victoria Foundry. (Source)

This area is probably shown on the photo below:

A. Macdonald & Co Shipyard [1864-c.1880]

Submitted by Herostratus on Sat, 2020-08-15 00:14
Date Place completed: 
1864-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
c.1880-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Alexander Macdonald set up A. Macdonald & Co. in West Point (Whitty Street and Queen’s Road West today) in 1864. His patent slip in West Point was opened on 9 August 1869 by Governor MacDonnell. Despite a mishap to the 1,200-ton iron vessel Cataluna, the slip opened for business, with the facility to haul a ship 250 feet in length clean out of the water. Its water depth at spring tides was 28 feet, allowing vessels drawing 13 feet or ships of 1,500 tons to be taken up. The machinery accessories were bought from Scotland personally by Macdonald.

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