I had no knowledge of this location. But it appeared on the War Office Map Tai Tam area, denoted by 'Police Sta.' Near Gauge Basin and the Tai Tam Bungalow
Anyone have any info on this? I have never seen any remenants of this site, nor heard of it before.
Thanks
This police station was constructed in 1911. It became the police mueseum in 1988.
It has a significant number of exhbits. Most notably the head of the 'Sheung Shui Tiger,' which was shot in Hong Kong after killing a policeman. It also details Hong Kong's crime history and has hundreds of roatating artifacts.
Appears on the 1845 Collinson map. Demolition date set when new police station opened in Queen's Road East.
The first No. 8 Police Station was built here in 1870, and stood on Po Yee Street, formerly known as Station Street. Upper Station Street is an adjoining diagonal street leading up to the Mid-Levels. The 1894 plague broke out in the streets of the Tai Ping Shan area, a densely populated Chinese slum with appalling sanitary conditions. To wipe out the plague virus, the Government tore down all the buildings in that area, including the No. 8 Police Station, which was relocated to the nearby Hospital Road.
The Old Wong Nai Chung Gap police station no longer stands today, it was demolished post WW2 to make way for a private residence, which is now one of Stanley Ho's houses.
This Police Station was a pivotal structure that controlled Wong Nai Chung gap, and thus Hong Kong Island. It was situated on the 4-way crossroads that led to all 4 quarters of the Island. This effectively was the commanding structure of the battle of Wong Nai Chung gap; whoever held it, held the gap.
From the Public Records Office:
1893 - From the Bay View Hotel, Application for an extention to the present lease.
1898 - Request permission by Mr. J. W. Osborne to sublet the Bay View Hotel
1903 Feb - Recommends the removal of the private reservoir behind the Bay View Hotel, or prohibition of the neighbouring Gardens
1903 - Oct - Re-occupation of the Bay View Hotel by the Police (From AG.Capt. Supt. of Police)
Various directories:
Position of marker is approximate, based on an old map of the area. (UKNA reference: WO 78/6009).
Date of completion from http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/781/eng/f02.htm
