Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
Carl T. Smith writes: "A soap factory was built on Shaukiwan Marine Lot 1 which the company purchased at a Crown Land sale in 1890" p.47 in: "The German Speaking Community..."
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c.1905
1909
1914
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There was an auction to sell
There was an auction to sell the whole lot of Shaukiwan Marine Lot No.1, also known as Blackhead's Soap Works, at 3pm on Tuesday 15th October 1918. I half wonder if the German company struggled against hostilities to thrive in a British colony during WWI.
Source: The China Mail, page 3, 9th October 1918
The liquidation process was
The liquidation process was well under way in 1917:
Source: The Hong Kong Telegraph, page 3, 10th November 1917
“NOTICE.
“NOTICE.
We have closed our retail business until further notice.
F. BLACKHEAD & CO.,
Hongkong, 8th August, 1914.”
Source: South China Morning Post, page 4, 15th August 1914
Right at the beginning of WWI!