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Gasometer Fire Westpoint 1934

Submitted by Chinarail on Sun, 2022-05-01 15:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1934

On May 14 1934, the sudden collapse of a badly rusted steel gasometer caused a massive leak of coal gas into the air which then ignited. The heat from  huge conflagration cause horrendous burns to those in the immediate vicinity and also set a residential building opposite to the site on fire, also burning many people inside. All told, some 42 people died from their burns and other injuries and many more were seriously burned and scarred for life.

Shek Tong Tsui Godowns (1966)

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-05-12 22:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

Cropped from Western Wharves 1966.

Most of the godowns from the 1950s are still there, but the whole area will be developed in less than 10 years from then.

Shek Tong Tsui Godowns (1950s) and map (1905)

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-05-12 22:22
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

Photo cropped from Aerial of Sai Ying Pun 1950s, the map from 1905 in on Gwulo.

Along Connaught Road (after 1900s reclamation), godowns were built in Sai Ying Pun and Shek Tong Tsui (the border between the two districts is a bit east of the "o" in Connaught on the map). 

Godowns on Marine Lots 198, 204 and 205 [c.1903-c.1974]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-05-12 21:16
Date Place completed: 
c.1903-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1974-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

After reclamation works in Sai Ying Pun and Shek Tong Tsui were finished in 1901/02, godowns were built along the newly created praya (Connaught Road). Many marine lots originally were situated between Queen's Road and DesVoeux Road. After the 1900 reclamation, they were extended to the area between DesVoeux Road and Connaught Road. The following relates to the northern part of the lots.

On Marine Lots 198, 204, and 205 godowns were built in (estimated) 1903. These can be seen on a photo taken by Warren Swire: 

Tags: 
godown
Shek Tong Tsui

Godowns on Marine Lots 198, 204 and 205 in 1906

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-05-12 20:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906

From the G. Warren Swire Collection at the Historical Photographs of China website: https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/sw02-100 

Date given as 1906/07.

Shows Yuen Yuen godown, China Navigation Co. godown and China Provident Co. godown(?). 

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Shek Tong Tsui ,hill road, 1887

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2017-12-21 03:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1887
Tags: 
gas works
gas holder
Shek Tong Tsui
West Point

Westend 1880s

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2016-05-24 23:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1881
Places shown in this photo: 
Richmond Terrace / Park View / Basilea Terrace, Mid-levels - IL 1216 [c.1880-1954]
Westbourne Villa [????-????]
Sunnyside, Bonham Road [????-????]
Craigellachie [1878-????]
Rheda [????-????]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]
Berlin Mission / Bethesda Orphanage [1861-????]
Basel Mission Station - IL 629 [1852-1931]
Civil Hospital [????- ]
Hill Road Shanty Town [c.1870-c.1900]
Craigellachie [1878-????]
The Reformatory School and Orphanage [c.1864-????]

The date of this photo is the early 1880's as Richmond Terrace on the top right of this picture has been finished.

Ball's Court is in the centre of the picture with the flag. To the left on the horizon is the Berlin Mission and the road between them  is High Street. The unmodified Civil Hospital building is on the right of the picture. Westbourne Villa is the large colonial house just above the Shanty town in the foreground, its inhabitants regularly complained about the smells coming form this location. 

Westend 1870

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2016-05-24 22:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1871
Places shown in this photo: 
Gas Works, Shek Tong Tsui [1864-c.1960]
Ouchterlony Battery, Sai Ying Poon [c.1857-1865]
St Peter's Church, Praya West [1871-1933]
Basel Mission Station - IL 629 [1852-1931]
Civil Hospital [????- ]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]
Fairlea Girls School [????-????]
Craigellachie [1878-????]
Greenmount [????-????]
Westbourne Villa [????-????]
Sai On Lane Opium Divans [????-????]
Hill Road Shanty Town [c.1870-c.1900]
Sunnyside, Bonham Road [????-????]
The Reformatory School and Orphanage [c.1864-????]

A: Gas Works
B: Ouchterlony Battery Platform is to the left
C: St Peters Church
D: Reformatory School
E: 
F: Civil Hospital Buildings
G: Sunnyside (I forgot to add the letter but it is the large white building between F and H. The two Basel Mission buildings are just ot the left of Sunnyside)
H: Ball's Court
I: Fairlea
To the right of Fairlea is either Avalon or the building to the north of Bonham Road
J: Craigllachie
K: Greenmount
L: Westbourne Villa
M: Sai On Opium Divans

Hill Road Shanty Town [c.1870-c.1900]

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2016-05-24 22:45
Date Place completed: 
c.1870-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1900-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Tags: 
Western District
Shek Tong Tsui

Western 0333 View from the Peak 1874 Lettered.jpg

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2016-05-24 17:03
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1874
Places shown in this photo: 
Gas Works, Shek Tong Tsui [1864-c.1960]
Sunnyside, Bonham Road [????-????]
Church Mission House [????-c.1945]
Fairlea Girls School [????-????]
Sai On Lane Opium Divans [????-????]
Westbourne Villa [????-????]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]
Craigellachie [1878-????]
Greenmount [????-????]
Basel Mission Station - IL 629 [1852-1931]
Rose Villa / Diocesan Girls' School - IL 760 [1880-c.1933]
Diocesan Boys School - 1st location - IL 831 [????-????]
Civil Hospital [????- ]
Berlin Mission / Bethesda Orphanage [1861-????]
Sailors' Home - Sai Ying Poon [1864-1955]
St Peter's Church, Praya West [1871-1933]
Haldon - IL 1096 & IL 1848 [????- ]

At A: Gasworks
Above B: Sunnyside
Left of C: Church Mission House
Above D: Fairlea
Left of E: unknown Possibly Haldon or the property on the North Side of Bonham Road
Above G: Sai On Street Opium Warehouses 
Above G: Westbourne Villa
Right of H: Balls Court
Above I: Craigllechie
Above: J:Greenmount
Left of K: Basel Mission House and Chapel
Above L: Rose Villa
Right of M: Diocesan Home and Orphanage: on 1866 Map here: http://gwulo.com/atom/24050

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