The pier opened in 1910 at the same time as the adjacent Tai Po (Kau) Railway Station. The pier was a dam built out into the sea with a (wooden?) pier at the end. It had a total length of about 180 m (source)
Time of competion is approximate. Date cited was the approxiate occupation of Phase 1 of South Horizons. However the pier may be operational ahead of it. Unable to confirm as for the time being.
Pier near the Tin Hau Temple at Tai Miu Wan (Joss House Bay) [????- ]. Opened in early 1983 (an aerial photo from 1982-10-15 shows the pier under construction)
Serviced Saturdays and Sundays on the Sai Wan Ho < > Tung Lung Chau service.
Pier on Connaught Road opposite Hillier Street. Named after TUNG ON STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED
The HK Company Directory refers for this company:
Date of Incorporation: 07-OCT-1926 - Date of Dissolution: 23-DEC-1949
The pier is visible on an aerial photograph from 1924, and latest on the 1955 map The name changed to Tai Hing Wharf in February 1950, and in 1951 to Tai Yip Wharf (see comments below).
The first Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier was located at Nam Cheong Street
The area was reclaimed during the mid-1910s, so the pier could have been built in 1917 (guessed only). It was made of wood. It could be the one shown on the 1920 map on Gwulo.
Sham refers: In January 1919, the Kau Lung Sze Yeuk Kai Fong Ferry Company Limited, the first licenced ferry company, started to operate three ferry routes, ..... West Point (Eastern Street) and Sham Shui Po (Nam Cheong Street).
Pier at DesVoeux Road opposite Gilmann Street and M.L. 54. It was used for river steamers to Canton.
Pier at Connaught Road opposite number 20 Connaught Road Central.
The pier appears on maps from around 1910, probably built earlier when reclamation works were finished. On the 1955 map on hkmaps.hk the name Ming Sang Wharf appears and the label Public Pier No. 19.
Appears still on the 1968 map.
Currently, a lot of comments are posted on Gwulo regarding the ferry piers in Hung Hom. Many of these are by simtang who was able to reveal the timeline of the different piers. I thought it would be valuable to collect all comments and create a summary of the development. This might not be fully correct, so any comments are welcome.
Hung Hom Bay was reclaimed in two steps, the first ended in July 1989, the second one finally in December 1994. During the first phase, the 1979 Hung Hom Pier had to be demolished (done at the end of 1988), a new pier was planned and finally finished by November 1990.
For the intermediate period, a temporary pier was built. This pier was situated on a small piece of reclaimed land near Hung Hom Bay Centre off todays Hung Hom South Road, a pontoon was moored to the shelter/waiting rooms for boarding.
This ferry pier was operated by the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company Ltd, (HYF), for their services between Hung Hom and Wanchai, Hung Hom and North Point. It is shown at bottom right in the photo below.
