Below Hospital Road

Thu, 02/18/2016 - 12:58
Date picture taken
1890s

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This should be titled below Hospital Road rather than Caine; showing the top of the Tai Ping Shan area. the track on the right of the picture is Rutter Lane with Pound lane running mid right to left down the hill in front of the row of houses. The building behind was the police station no 8(?) second generation before it moved to High street.   

 

 

This photo was taken from the platform of this building after it was demolished in the 1920’s

 

http://gwulo.com/atom/19497

 

 

This platform that the building was built on collapsed during heavy rains in the 17th July 1925 killing 75 people living on Po Hing Fong including a member of Legco Chau Siu-ki..

 

Taken from the same vantage point:

 

http://gwulo.com/atom/19845

 

http://gwulo.com/atom/19485 (This looks like it could be from the same series of photos

 

http://gwulo.com/atom/13012

 

The first photo in the SCMP article listed below is dated 1894 

http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1535499/when-death-…

which if correct means this photo is later, due to the newer buildings, however there are no signs of the clearence of the neighbourhood shown here that happened in 1898

https://www.flickr.com/photos/89154377@N02/9781523821/

 

 

 

 

 

Top Right of Photo is No. 8 Police Station (2nd Generation) http://gwulo.com/node/20883

 

Building half hidden behind police station is this one:

http://gwulo.com/node/32523

 

Large building with triangular roof to left is Dinder

http://gwulo.com/node/5010

 

Middle Left of the photo can be seen No.8 Police Station (1st Generation) http://gwulo.com/node/32521

 

Just to the right of seen No.8 Police Station (1st Generation)  is the London Mission Chapel and Dispensary

http://gwulo.com/node/32519

 

Tung Hing Theatre is at the bottom left corner of photo.

http://gwulo.com/node/32520