2024 is towards iconic Tramways' 120th years of service, over the decades trams were transitioned from single decks to double decks. One of the highlights is the resume of the tour tram #68 in September 2023, where a set of tram type plates have been revamped with comprehensive info.
First tram depot of Hongkong Tramways.
From the PWD report for 1903:
Good progress was made with the erection of the Company’s Power Station and Car Depot on the east side of Bowrington Canal.
The depot was surely ready with opening of the tram in mid-1904.
Description from The Street Railway Journal 1905, page 214.
Hong Kong Tramways built a power station at the Bowrington Canal. The canal was used both for turbine cooling water and delivery of coal with barges.
It operated from 1904 to 1923. The location was near or at the place where the Sharp Street Tram Depot was built later, probably a tram depot existed there before. Its unknown when the station was demolished, the dates are set preliminary from 1903 to 1924.
Tram depot of Hongkong Tramways Limited. Originally built as Russell Street Depot, it was rebuilt (and renamed Sharp Street East Depot) in 1951.
It was closed on 20 March 1989, trams were relocated to the new depot at Sai Wan Ho. Currently, Times Square Hong Kong is on the site.
Source: Back to the Old Depot 回到昔日的電車廠
