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Peak Tram under construction 1887
1887
No_07_Hong_Kong_the_Peak_Tramway_by_Lai_Afong
1888
Peak Tramway 1889
1889
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Peak Tram Bridge over the Albany Nullah [1888-????]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 12/22/2024 - 02:44

Bridge over the Albany Nullah in a short distance uphill from the lower terminus. Can be seen on many early photos. Unclear when it was  removed, latest when the new terminus was built in 2021/22. 

The report technical-visit--peak-tramways.pdf refers: Lower Terminus platform situates about 42 m uphill from its original position and above an existing 2.4 m wide culvert.

THE HONG-KONG FUNICULAR RAILWAY [1887]

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 19:12

We have already noted in La Nature the principal types of special funicular or rack railways established in recent years on the flank of the mountains and which are of particular interest because of their steep gradients. The one whose view we represent in figure (fig. 1) which is installed in the island of Hong Kong which is, as we know, in front of the mouth of the Yangtze near Canton; it thus comes to us from China in a way, although it is established, in fact, on an island which has now become an English colony.

Peak Tram Bridges

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 12/17/2018 - 00:54

In the Journal from 1888 it is reported that there are eleven bridges on the Peak Tram. Two of them are over roads, and the rest over nullahs and gaps. In the beginning, two road bridges over the tram were built (Bowen Road, a bit later Macdonnell Road). In 1907, the May Road bridge was built, and in 1968, the Cotton Tree Drive bridge was added.

So, let’s start at the lower terminus.

May Road bridge over Peak Tram [1907- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 12/13/2018 - 00:29

May Road bridge was opened in 1907.

In the 1907 Public Works Report it is reported under 67. New Roads in Victoria:

Extension East and West of Conduit Road: This work, as indicated by its title, comprises two separate sections of road, the eastern extending from the elbow in Magazine Gap Road, across the Peak Tramway and Peak Road ......

MacDonnell Road bridge over Peak Tram [1892- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 22:32

Not built at the same time as the Peak Tram but during the 1890's. On the 1889 map on hkmaps, there is no Macdonnell road. On the 1901 map it's clearly visible, the ones in between are of poor quality only. In the 1899 Public Works report it stated under No. 36:

Completion, of Macdonnell Road: - This work consisted of extending the road constructed in 1891, between Kennedy and Bowen Road, eastwards to form a junction with the former.

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