danielwettling Mon, 07/14/2025 - 20:51 oldernewer Judging from what can be seen in the bottom left corner of the photograph, there must have been a platform ? Thanks for your help. Date picture taken unknown Shows place(s) Hongkong Hotel, North Wing [1892-1926] Pedder's Wharf (3rd generation) [1886-1894] Roman Catholic Cathedral (2nd & current location) [1888- ] Log in or register to post comments Comments The wharf visible is Pedder… The wharf visible is Pedder's Wharf (3rd generation) [1886-1894]. Also visible is the Hongkong Hotel, North Wing [1892-1926]. The date of the photo is between 1892 and 1896. The photo was taken from a boat, there is no platform. Log in or register to post comments I think this photo is taken… I think this photo is taken from the corner of the new reclamation: The City & Mid-levels from the Peak, by Herostratus Log in or register to post comments Herostratus, I agree with… Herostratus, I agree with your idea that the photo was taken from the edge of the newly reclaimed land. I still think the photo can not be taken earlier than December 1892 when the north wing of the Hongkong Hotel opened. Log in or register to post comments
The wharf visible is Pedder… The wharf visible is Pedder's Wharf (3rd generation) [1886-1894]. Also visible is the Hongkong Hotel, North Wing [1892-1926]. The date of the photo is between 1892 and 1896. The photo was taken from a boat, there is no platform. Log in or register to post comments
I think this photo is taken… I think this photo is taken from the corner of the new reclamation: The City & Mid-levels from the Peak, by Herostratus Log in or register to post comments
Herostratus, I agree with… Herostratus, I agree with your idea that the photo was taken from the edge of the newly reclaimed land. I still think the photo can not be taken earlier than December 1892 when the north wing of the Hongkong Hotel opened. Log in or register to post comments
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The wharf visible is Pedder…
The wharf visible is Pedder's Wharf (3rd generation) [1886-1894]. Also visible is the Hongkong Hotel, North Wing [1892-1926]. The date of the photo is between 1892 and 1896.
The photo was taken from a boat, there is no platform.
I think this photo is taken…
I think this photo is taken from the corner of the new reclamation:
Herostratus, I agree with…
Herostratus, I agree with your idea that the photo was taken from the edge of the newly reclaimed land. I still think the photo can not be taken earlier than December 1892 when the north wing of the Hongkong Hotel opened.