danielwettling Sat, 08/03/2024 - 14:09 oldernewer Date picture taken unknown Tags postcard Shows place(s) Gomes Villas, 1-3 Chatham Road [????-????] De Jongh family residence, 2 Chatham Road [c.1900-c.1960] Signal Hill - Blackhead Point [1907- ] Log in or register to post comments Comments Chatham Road Chatham Road looking south. Gomes Villas on the right with Signal Hill behind. On the left are early tracks of the KCR Railway. On the postcard November 1915 is written, the photo could be some years older. Log in or register to post comments The 3-story tower on Signal… The 3-story tower on Signal Hill built in 1907, has not been built. The detailed planning and negotiations for construction and financing of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (“KCR”) commenced in 1905. Clearly a rudimentary construction of the line has begun. Most likely a date of 1906. Log in or register to post comments Before the Railway Before the railway was put in, this part of eastern Tsim Sha Tsui was sometimes called the “Kowloon Strand”. Log in or register to post comments
Chatham Road Chatham Road looking south. Gomes Villas on the right with Signal Hill behind. On the left are early tracks of the KCR Railway. On the postcard November 1915 is written, the photo could be some years older. Log in or register to post comments
The 3-story tower on Signal… The 3-story tower on Signal Hill built in 1907, has not been built. The detailed planning and negotiations for construction and financing of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (“KCR”) commenced in 1905. Clearly a rudimentary construction of the line has begun. Most likely a date of 1906. Log in or register to post comments
Before the Railway Before the railway was put in, this part of eastern Tsim Sha Tsui was sometimes called the “Kowloon Strand”. Log in or register to post comments
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Chatham Road
Chatham Road looking south. Gomes Villas on the right with Signal Hill behind. On the left are early tracks of the KCR Railway.
On the postcard November 1915 is written, the photo could be some years older.
The 3-story tower on Signal…
The 3-story tower on Signal Hill built in 1907, has not been built. The detailed planning and negotiations for construction and financing of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (“KCR”) commenced in 1905. Clearly a rudimentary construction of the line has begun. Most likely a date of 1906.
Before the Railway
Before the railway was put in, this part of eastern Tsim Sha Tsui was sometimes called the “Kowloon Strand”.