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Everything tagged "1920s Hong Kong"

Po Hing Fong Landslide

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

From an ebay auction many years ago

Map of area around Po Hing Fong

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

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Detail of map

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

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Clipping from Wa Kiu Yat Po for 18 July 1925

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

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Workers clearing away the debris of the collapsed retaining wall and houses at Po Hing Fong in July 1925

Photo courtesy of Mr C M Shun.

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Hourly rainfall recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory from 14 to 17 July 1925

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Track of the tropical cyclone from 9 to 16 July 1925 that affected the landslide at Po Hing Fong.

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Weather chart at 1400 H on 14 July 1925.

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Weather chart at 0600 H on 17 July 1925.

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

Hourly mean wind speed and direction recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory on 14-17 July 1925

The wind speeds were calculated from data recorded by the Beckley anemometer at HKO Headquarters in 1900 and the conversion factors from HKO Technical Note No. 66

Image courtesy of the Hong Kong Observatory.

For the background to this image, see: https://gwulo.com/node/38024

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