Star Ferry Terminal, TST (2nd generation) [1906-1906]

This replaced the earlier pier that was a short distance to the north, in front of the main building of the Kowloon Wharves. It was very short-lived, as it was destroyed by a typhoon just a few months after it opened. The pier was rebuilt on the same site but to a new design, creating the 3rd generation Star Ferry pier.

Timeline:

• 1905: The pier is under construction.
  Item 16, Public Works Department's Annual Report (PWD AR) for 1905: 
  The Star Ferry Co.’s new pier opposite the end of Salisbury Road, Kowloon was constructed during the year and was nearly ready for traffic. It will afford a much more convenient point of arrival and departure than the old pier, both for the ferry steamers and for passengers and vehicles, being clear of the Kowloon Wharves with all their obstructions afloat in the way of cargo~boats, lighters, etc and ashore in the way of rails, trucks and masses of cargo constantly being moved to and fro. The new pier also affords much better accommodation and protection from the weather than the old one.
   
• 1 Apr 1906: The new pier opened. The pier extended into the sea, at right-angles to the shoreline.
  Page 4, The China Mail, 1906-04-02: 

  The Star Ferry Wharf.
  The new ferry wharf at Kowloon was opened yesterday, and its appearance called for general admiration. It is a fine massive structure, compared with the wharf it supersedes, and has separate compartments  for first and second class, besides being excellently lighted at night, a convenience which will be greatly appreciated by those waiting for a ferry. The-coxswains experienced considerable difficulty in getting their ferries in to the new wharf, but after considerable bumping they were successful. Last night the ferries made but a very short stay at the Kowloon side, hardly giving passengers an opportunity of getting aboard, but we presume that will be rectified.
   

• 18 Sep 1906: The pier is badly damaged by the powerful typhoon that hit Hong Kong.

  

   

• 1907: To avoid the pier being damaged by future typhoons, the remains of the pier shown in the photo above were demolished and a new pier was built, with ferries mooring parallel to the shoreline. This will be the 3rd generation pier.