c. 1899 Central Waterfront (annotated)

Cropped from c. 1899 Central Waterfront

Annotations (streets and numbers from the 1903 map on hkmaps.hk):

1. 22, Des Voeux Road Central (P & O Building (3rd generation))
2. 24, Des Voeux Road Central (Crosby's Store / Lane Crawford (1st location))
3. 26, Des Voeux Road Central
4. 28, Des Voeux Road Central
5. 30-32, Des Voeux Road Central

Li Yun Street East

6. 34-46 Des Voeux Road Central

Li Yun Street West

7. 48-58, Des Voeux Road  (ex Victoria Hotel)

Pottinger Street

8. 60 - 70 Des Voeux Road Central

Chinese Street (Man Yee Lane)

9. 72-82 Des Voeux Road Central

In front of Pottinger Street (at no. 7), a pier is visible. This is Pottinger Street Pier, made of solid stone. It was the last one of this type, future piers were open piers on steel or iron piles (PWR 1898).