KN: Tsim Sha Tsui + Hung Hom
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KN: Tsim Sha Tsui + Hung Hom
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Cowloon Canton Railway Hong Kong Station Kowloon
As railway engineer Tymon Mellor notes in his history of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR), it was a man named Rowland Macdonald Stephenson who first proposed building a train from “Kowloon to Calcutta” in 1864, linking Britain’s Chinese outpost with…
Signal Station Kowloon, Hong Kong
Blackhead Point in Tsim Sha Tsui (present-day Signal Hill Garden) played an important role in the history of the Hong Kong Observatory. Since 1885, the Observatory had used the time ball at the Marine Police Station (present-day 1881 Heritage) to…
Two Battlecruisers(?) at Kowloon Wharf
The P. and O.'s Mail. Palauan and the German Mail Prinz Eiltel Frederick
Robinson Road
In Kowloon, by 1887 a fairly comprehensive road system was in place south of Austin Road. The first 850 metres of the 30 metre-wide Robinson (Nathan) Road from Middle Road, some 1.1 kilometres of MacDonnell Road (later Canton Road), and Des Voeux…
Hong Kong Time Ball connected with Kowloon Observatory
The dropping of the time-ball gave a visual signal that could be seen from ships in harbour, so a ship's chronometer could be set while it was still on board the ship. This allowed sailors to make sure their chronometers were set to the correct time…
Mahomedam Mosque of Kowloon
The Muslim garrison were the pioneers in arranging a place for “Salat” (worship) while stationing in Kowloon Peninsula, for they requested their superior commanders for a site large enough to hold gatherings of several hundred worshippers especially…
Star Ferry
Construction of the first pier on the present location started in 1904, after the great land reclamation which extended Salisbury Road. It was of a "finger design". The pier opened in 1906, but was destroyed by typhoon in September 1906.
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