Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1919
One of several general views of Taikoo Dockyard published within "The Far Eastern Review" magazines between 1919 and 1924. Note the extensive networks of railway tracks extending around the dock , slipways and other facilities. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1924
A cropped photo of the above appears in 'Early Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula' by Cheng Po Hung. The caption reads: c. 1924. To the left are first and second-class buses operated by the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, behind which is the No. 3 bus bound for Kowloon City operated by the Kai Tack Motor Bus Company. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1923
Between 17 - 23 August 1923 a strong typhoon hit Hong Kong. Reclamation works, then in progress for the Kai Tak Land Investment Co. at Kowloon Bay, were hit by strong winds demolishing most of the temporary structures. Steam locomotives used on a temporary railway were buried under piles of debris. Is unlikely that the engines were seriously damaged and almost certainly lived to see another day in full steam.<Read more ...>
