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Everything tagged "1920s Hong Kong"

House on hilltop

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922
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Sang Lee

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922

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Soil - flowing

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922
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Soil - blocked

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920

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Man digging

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922
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1920s Excavation of Morrison Hill

What: The men are digging away Morrison Hill, so that the rock and soil can be dumped in the sea to form the large 1920s Wanchai Reclamation.

Given the scale of the project, it's remarkable to see the excavation is done by hand. Here's a man working at the top of the hill, digging away with his pick:

Man digging

The rock and soil runs down a channel, and ends up in this temporary silo at the bottom of the slope. They've cleverly left a wall of rock at the bottom, with V-shaped holding areas. The one in this photo is blocked with a couple of boards:

1920s Cable Car over Queensway

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920
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1920s Garden Road

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

1920s Junction of Queen's Road Central and Pedder Street

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

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