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1923 Remarkable Accident - Knock-on Effect

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2020-05-27 09:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1923

HK Daily Press 8 September 1923

Ho-Tung-Eng-Workshop.-Elevation-Drawings.jpg

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-05-20 16:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1926

Drawings showing the Elevation of the University of Hong Kong's  'Ho-Tung Engineering Workshop' building on Pokfulam Road. Completed in 1925. Demolished in 1980s

Ho-Tung-Eng-Workshop-Machines-FER-May-1927.jpg

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-05-20 16:11

A view inside the ground-floor machine shop of the Ho-Tung Engineering Workshop Building completed in 1925 for the University of Hong Kong's  engineering students. Students can be seen gaining "hands-on " training on overhead belt-driven lathes.  

Ho-Tung Engineering Workshop - University of Hong Kong 1925

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-05-20 16:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1926

View of the the University of Hong Kong's  'Ho-Tung Engineering Workshop' building on Pokfulam Road. Completed in 1925. Demolished in 1980s.

 

Hongkong Telegraph Newspaper- Shipping - Dollar Line -Feb.1924

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-05-20 10:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924

This 'Dollar Line' advertisement within the Shipping section of the Hongkong telegraph for February 1924 clearly suggest s that the Dollar Line "President" ships deployed on the Pacific route between Hong  Kong and USA  were all of the class of ships with a tonnage of about 10,500 tons. 

Hongkong Telegraph Newspaper- Shipping - Dollar Line -Oct.1925, by Chinarail

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-05-20 10:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

This 'Dollar Line' advertisement within the Shipping section of the Hongkong telegraph for February 1925 suggests that the Dollar Line "President" ships deployed on the Pacific route between Hong  Kong and USA  had been upgraded to a  larger class of  535 ft .(length) ships ships with a tonnage of about 14,120 tons. 

Model-Steamship -535 ft. Type - Pacific Mail-Company

Submitted by Chinarail on Mon, 2020-05-18 11:33

In 1919 a new type of American Passenger & cargo steamship was designed for the Pacific run to Asia. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company ordered five of these vessels from New york shipyards which were launched between 1920 and 1921. The vessels were to operate between Seattle, Manila, Hong Kong and India. When they were launched they were  named after U.S. Presidents. Other similar vessels also went to the Pacific Steamship Company sailing to China, Japan and Vladivostok.

Plan of 535 ft. Passenger & Cargo Ship- Pacific Mail Service

Submitted by Chinarail on Mon, 2020-05-18 11:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920

Plan of the new type of American Passenger & cargo steamship was designed for the Pacific run to Asia. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company ordered five of these vessels from New york shipyards which were launched between 1920 and 1921. The vessels were to operate between Seattle, Manila, Hong Kong and India. When they were launched they were  named after U.S. Presidents. Other similar vessels also went to the Pacific Steamship Company sailing to China, Japan and Vladivostok.

Po Hing Fong Landslip Disaster -1925 - Recovery of injured and dead

Submitted by Chinarail on Tue, 2020-05-12 16:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

Additional photographs taken of the Po Hing Fong wall collapse  July 17 1925

Po Hing Fong Landslip Disaster -1925 -site of demolished houses

Submitted by Chinarail on Tue, 2020-05-12 16:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

Additional photographs taken of the Po Hing Fong wall collapse  July 17 1925

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