China Merchants Wharf & Godowns [????- ]
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1,000-foot Pier at Wanchai [1873-c.1883]
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Update Nov 2022: Changed completion date from 1872 to 1873, and added guessed demolition date of 1883 based on Moddsey's notes below.
The date is a guess, based on the year 1872 mentioned in this paragraph from Carl T Smith's "Wanchai: In Search of an Identity":
Nai Chung Pier [????- ]
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Blake Pier (2nd generation) [1965-1993]
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Ferry pier near Lok Lo Ha [????-????]
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Ocean Terminal [1966- ]
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Wikipedia gives the opening date as 22 March 1966, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Terminal,_Hong_Kong
Oi-Yan CHIU [c.1958- ]
1961 Hong Kong at Kowloon City Pier - child abandoned is looking for her parents
Hung Hom Ferry Pier (Northern pier of three piers off Whampoa Street) [1963-1979]
(Timeline added, based on the comments below:)
1963 - The pier opens for business. Initially it handles the Hung Hom - North Point ferry service that moved here from the pier off Gillies Avenue.
1975 - The Hung Hom - Wanchai ferry service also moved here. That service previously ran from the adjacent pier, slightly southwest of this one.
Hung Hom Ferry Pier (Southern pier of three piers off Whampoa Street) [1965-c.1971]
(Timeline added, based on the comments below:)
1965: The pier opens for business in June. It handles the Star Ferry's Hung Hom - Central ferry service.
1967: The Star Ferry suspended their Hung Hom - Central service, owing to the riots. No other ferry service used the pier after this time.
c.1971: Aerial photos of this area show the pier was demolished in around 1971.