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An aerial view of North Point waterfront 1976

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2022-04-18 21:37

"There are Power Station, Government Store and Oil Depot along the coast. The Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and the Victoria Park can be seen at the back 1976."

The sign on the large building probably reads: Watson's Estate

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976
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aerial photographs
North Point

North Point district-aerial-circa-1949

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2022-03-15 17:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Cropped from a much larger aerial view of the harbour dated circa 1949-1950

No obvious sight of Luna Park

North Point aerial photograph 1949

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2022-03-10 01:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Aerial photograph from 1949-05-08, the 1940s reclamation area doesn't have too many roads and houses.

I first looked for this photo for the pier at the end of Tong Shui Road which is visible there west of the nullah..

There are more interesting detail to be detected:

The building bottom left in the bend of Kong's Road is the HEC quarters - Semi-detached building on land bounded by Electric Rd / Tin Chong St / King's Road [????-c.1959]

1970 North Point waterfront

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-11-11 21:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970
Tags: 
North Point

North Point 'A' power station turbine hall in 1955

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2020-03-27 20:03
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

No. 7 steam turbine (the second one) was in commission as early as 1932 so survived the war.

This was an unusual type to see in the 1960s as it was a Brush Ljungstrom machine, unlike the usual conventional British steam turbines similar to No 9 in the foreground.

Car entering North Point Power Station (1946)

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2019-12-18 22:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

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1967 North Point waterfront

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2019-07-19 23:36

Royal Interocean Lines' Office Building is on the left.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1967
Tags: 
North Point

K. Wah Centre, North Point [1991- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2019-07-19 23:15
Date Place completed: 
c.1991-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Located at 191 Java Road. According to their website :

Completed in 1991 as the headquarters of K. Wah Real Estates and the companies of K. Wah Group, this 30-storey waterfront tower is the first and only Grade-A office building in Hong Kong to have a private pier.

It is easily distinguishable from other buildings by its turquoise colour.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Royal Interocean Lines' Interocean House, North Point [1957-????]
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North Point
office building

Beach of North Point c 1910

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2019-04-18 03:39

text on Flickr: Old North Point, tram track can be seen along the long gone beach.

 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Tags: 
North Point
tram
beach

North Point view

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2018-09-03 18:40

On Flickr, this photo is assigned to the year 1967. A comment says: "I'm quite sure is Provident Centre, which was completed in 1983."

I agree with that, as two of the three chimneys of the North Point Power Station are wrapped, certainly for demolition. The power station was 
decommissioned in 1979. So probably this photo was taken in 1981-82..

 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1981
Tags: 
North Point
power station

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