1956 kai it battery factory gaiyidianchichang

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 14:10

The first Kai It plant in HK on the right at 6 Ma Tau Kok Road in 1956. The firefighters were trying to put out the fire at the Kwong Man Loong Firecracker Factory next door.

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The policemen was looking north  along Pak Tai st. One can see the battery plant at the Ma Tau Kok Road-Pak Tai st junction. A man standing on the roof was looking at the firecracker factory on fire behind the battery plant.

A 1965 map

1965 tokawan map
1965 tokawan map, by simtang

A 1977 advertisement for that Kai It Battery

1977 Kai It Battery advert
1977 Kai It Battery advert, by simtang
Date picture taken
1956