Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
The extract below from the 1909 Panorama shows that at that time, the coal sheds covered most of Marine Lot 35 in Kowloon. The curved pier in front of the sheds was used for loading / unloading coal to / from ships.
Photos that show this Place
1909
Comments
Coal sheds
The principal reason for putting bulk coal storage under cover is that in bulk it can easily ‘self-combust’ especially if lying out in the HK sun for very long. Similarly heavy rain can quickly turn it into sludge and therefore useless as fuel.
Coal bunker fires were common on ships when they were steam powered.
It is alleged that even the ‘TITANIC set sail on its maiden voyage with one of its bunkers on fire. They are very difficult to extinguish.
The present day very large open air coal storage areas at HK ‘s power stations, although uncovered, are continually subjected to compaction by heavy bulldozers and land-scrapers driven all over them to keep any air/oxygen in the piles to a minimum as the material also generates a lot of heat within it. Feral dogs love congregating on the coal heaps to keep warm in the winter.