Dockyards at Hung Hom

Mon, 09/22/2014 - 22:39

Any idea??

Date picture taken
1 Nov 1897

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Hard to see in detail but I'd guess western Tsim Sha Tsui. You can see Kowloon Peak or Fei Ngo Shan in background. Be good to identify the ship

Hi David - looks like you're right. Here's an 1895 photo that appears to show the same scene across Hung Hom bay; the ridgeline etc certainly seems to match

http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/object?svc=objrtv&src=CM&itemid=Q5OIP…

Hung Hom, Kowloon, c.1895.
The district is still relatively undeveloped. On the far shore, buildings of the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., founded in 1866, can be seen. Silting up of the bay, which later required reclamation (in 1904), can be clearly seen.