Demolished Piers in Hong Kong - Queen's Pier, Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, Jordan Road Ferry Pier, Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier, Blake Pier, Central (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Queen's Pier, Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, Jordan Road Ferry Pier, Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier, Blake Pier, Central, Tsim Sha Tsui East Ferry Pier, Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Pier, Mong Kok Ferry Pier, United Pier, Yaumatei Ferry Pier, Chai Wan Ferry Pier, Ngau Tau Kok Ferry Pier, Mei Foo Ferry Pier, Tai Koo Shing Ferry Pier, City Hall Ferry Pier, Ta Shui Wan Ferry Pier. Excerpt: The Blake Pier (Chinese: ) was a ferry pier in Central, Hong Kong . It was named after Sir Henry Arthur Blake, the twelfth governor of Hong Kong . History First Generation The first generation of the pier was built in 1900 the end of Pedder Street for serving dignitaries and colonial governors. It had no cover originally. But, in 1909, an Edwardian -style, structural steel pavilion was built on top, providing travellers with shelter . It was demolished in 1965, but the pavilion was preserved, dismantled and rebuilt in Morse Park in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon as a park shelter. In 2006, the pavilion was again dismantled, relocated and restored to its original condition, and standing the pier next to Murray House, Stanley, Hong Kong . Second Generation The second generation of the pier was built in 1960s. It was demolished in 1993 to cope with the Central Reclamation Phase 1 project. The top structure of the pier was later transferred to the open-air oval theatre in Morse Park, in between Wong Tai Sin and Lok Fu, Kowloon . In 2006, the structure was once again transferred next to the Murray House in Stanley, itself dismantled brick by brick and relocated from Central. The pier was recommissioned in Stanley on 31 July 2007. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Chai Wan Ferry Pier (Chinese: ) (1965 - 1986) was a ferry pier in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, near the current Chai Wan Industrial C...