Cemetery Pier 1864

Submitted by patricia on Wed, 11/02/2022 - 00:03

I've never come across mention of this before - from the 1864 death notice of a man connected with the Naval Dockyard. Looking at the 1866 map here, I can't see where it might be - any ideas, please? The note says: DEATH At West Point Hongkong on the evening of 21st. Mr. John Dowing R. N. Inspector of Machinery afloat (Hongkong). The funeral procession will leave H. M. Dockyard at 4pm today, and proceed by Water to the Cemetery Pier. (Hongkong Daily Press, 22nd February 1864.

The 1865 map on hkmaps.hk shows a pier at (todays) junction of Hennessy and Marsh Roads. This one is the nearest to the cemeteries west of the racecourse. Of course, no proof, just speculation.