From:
Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 3, 1940
Order.
The premises described in the Schedule to this order are hereby declared to be protected places for the purpose of the Defence Regulations, 1939.
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Schedule.
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B.-Gas Works
I. The Hong Kong and China Gas Company’s works and premises in Hong Kong at-
Probably built after closure of Taikoo Sugar Refinery. The gas holder is visible on an aerial photo from 1972 (found at the website of Hong Kong Map Service - free of charge only with limited resolution). On the image from 1963 (nearest older date) it's not there. Demolished, eaxact year of demolition unknown.
Aberdeen Gasometer (No. 6 Holder) at Tin Wan Praya Road, built in 1981. It's owned by Towngas.
They expanded to here from across the road, see: http://gwulo.com/node/23650
They're shown here on a 1947 map (Plate 4-7, Mapping Hong Kong).
On a 1990 map (Plate 4-9, Mapping Hong Kong), this area is still marked "Gas Works", but so is the piece of land on the opposite side of To Kwa Wan Road (see http://gwulo.com/node/23669).
At some later date this site was redeveloped, and now it is the site of "The Grand Waterfront", a residential development.
The 1935 completion date is an estimate, based on the Legco minutes for 24th June, 1936 [1], saying the gasometer had already been built here to replace the West Point Gasometer. There had been a big explosion at the West Point Gasometer in 1934 [3].
Extract from the Legco minutes for 24th June, 1936:
HON. MR. T. N. CHAU asked:—
The site to the north of Queen's Road is the original site of the gas works.
It expanded to also occupy the site to the south of Queen's Road in the early 20th Century. In the comments below, Herostratus notes that a steel gasholder was completed on the southern site in 1910.
