SOCONY Super Service Station (first generation) - Arsenal Street [c.1938-c.1942]

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 15:14
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Demolished / No longer exists
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Opened on 2 February 1938. Hong Kong Sunday Herald 30 January 1938 refers.

A Mr. Ip operated the service station before the war. Commenting on the new service station that was recently erected on the same site in April 1950 he said "the Japanese tore down the station to make way for a parade ground." China Mail 22 April 1950 refers. The vacant lot can be seen here

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