Aberdeen Main Road Public Toilet [????- ]
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It was completed in 1914, and is described in the PWD's annual report for that year:
Built initially as a latrine and available for use by the public on 22 June 1931. See comments from Klaus and excerpts of 1930/31 Reports of the Director of Public Works at: https://gwulo.com/media/54612
An additional storey was completed at a later date to include the bathhouse. The latrine and bathhouse were likely demolished around 1970. Currently, a public toilet is available in the same location.
Marker is placed approximately. This facility used to provide services to both male and felmale users. Marked Grade 2, but is fenced off.
Marker is put at the entrance
A long-winded name-location for a public toilet. Built in April 1930, it was a two-storey building with seats for 54 persons. Men on the G/F and women on the 1/F. At some point it was rebuilt to include additional floors as well as a street-level refuse collection point. Demolished in 2016.
Sources:
1. 1929 and 1930 Reports on Public Works
Hi there,
I'm currently researching PUBLIC TOILETS/LATRINES of HK. I know the first public bath house was in Pound Lane in 1904, but does anybody know of older public toilets that are still around today? I know the Ice House Public toilets were built around 1902 and a latrine in Belcher's ST in 1901 but are there any Victorian ones still around? I've heard there used to be cast iron latrines dotted around the city, one on Battery Path, not sure if theres any sign of it now. Any helpful information would be much appreciated.
This surely isn’t a suitable topic for the Sunday family lunch, nevertheless it is an important contribution to public health.
Another building in the middle of the praya. First mentioned in the Government Gazette (call for tender) in 1901 "on the praya opposite Marine Lot 22". The work was delayed, the principal cause of the delay being the failure of a local company to supply the glazed bricks. The Public Works Report for 1903 refers:
The three urinals referred to in last year's Report as having been delayed from various causes, namely……[the] one on the Praya near the Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.'s pier were completed.