1920s / 30s top of Broadwood Road

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1922 top of broadwood road

A merge of two maps from HKMS -

  • Upper section ref: 1:600 163-NE-7
  • Lower section ref: 1:600 163-NE-11

1 Jan 2025 update: I originally dated this map to 1922, based on the descriptions of the maps at https://www.hkmapservice.gov.hk/OneStopSystem/map-search# - e.g.:

Sheet No. / Title: 1:600 163-NE-11 (Ed 1922)
Date: 1922

But the comments below show that several buildings shown on the map couldn't exist until later in the decade, and the final road layout wouldn't be completed until the early 1930s. I've changed the date to be the 1920s, but it may have been drawn a few years later than that.

Looking at the full map images, I can't see any other details about the date they were drawn. In the bottom left corner is the printed text "Revised in 192", as though the final digit of the year would be added after making any edits.

Date picture taken
1920s
Tags
map
Broadwood Road
HKMS
24 Broadwood Road
Shows place(s)
22 / 23 Broadwood Road [????-????]
24 Broadwood Road [????-????]

Comments

Do we have a shot of this map showing the Towers @ #20?  It might help us with the views we've been looking at of the top of Broadwood Road.

I thought I'd seen elsewhere that the Tai Hang Road was joined up to Broadway Road in 1931, but this map of 1922 clearly shows it.  Did I get that wrong?

I had noticed the anomaly previously when looking at the auction dates of the sites. Building Lots "B" (Inland Lot No. 2838) and "C" (Inland Lot No. 2478)  were auctioned in 1928 and 1924 respectively. However, their footprints are shown on the 1922 map.

The original map may have been from 1922 but the map or certain sections of it have been corrected/updated after 1922.

Reference Tai Hang Road in Reports of the Public Works Department. (Search made utilizing "Tai Hang")

1928 - Item 46 - Mention made of Tai Hang Road Construction.

1929 - Under Communications - Mention made of Road Construction at Tai Hang. Under Item 125 Sewage and Stormwater Drains - Mention made of completion of 6" drains to I. L. No. 2478 (i.e. Building C) New Road above Tai Hang.

1930 - Under Item 118 - Mention made of completion of other stormwater drains along New Road above Tai Hang Village.

1931 - Under Item 25 Communications - Completion of Tai Hang Road Construction and including Strengthening of Conduit.

1932 onwards - Tai Hang Road is already mentioned

Source:

1. Administrative Reports: https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/hkgro#?xywh=411%2C597%2C1189%2C1189