103 SPECIAL FEATURE A COLLECTION OF RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN HONG KONG C. MICHAEL GUILFORD mm Bamboo aqueduct and simple slab footbridge, probably Happy Valley, 1838 Allom copy (1843) of Auguste Bouget sketch Old footbridge near Tai Po HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council O Old Kowloon City Pier, cl910. Government Information Services, HK Wooden Water-wheel in old village building near Tsuen Wan O HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council -J y 1 , » ' 1 * f .*'^a&.^,r!—iiH •* - I - J ^ Wan Chai, Kellett Island and earlier Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, cl900 c HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council • : Aberdeen Docks after typhoon, 1874 Government Information Services, HK Admiralty Dock at Hung Horn under construction, c 1885 HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council Naval Dry Dock in Victoria under construction, 1905 HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council CN Tai Koo Graving Dock under construction, 1906 John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd/ HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council Tai Koo Graving Dock and Main Slipway nearing completion, 1907 John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd/ HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council U) Damaged Jetty in Victoria and remains of steamers sunk in typhoon, 1874 HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council "X/v^^ J LAI CHI KOK ^^1 ^^k ^^^^^^_ CHCUNQ SHA ^^^K ^H ^^k SHAM SHUI PO^^T /^^^ ^^^^^^^L j\ _^ J ^^ ^C KOWLOON BAY 1 \ V. / fl % KOWLOON J^T ^\-* YAU\ MA TEt • W TO KWA WAN ^^\ N \ ^ W KWUN TONG^ 1W- Vm ^B HUNG HOM BAY \ "^m MA YAU TONG^^ ~~""%pH(|^ NORTH POINT Nl IS1M SHA TSUI « ^^flHi^*~-*« ^^7 SAl VINO PUN .\V ^P^^*1^^ >_ X _ ... u»«©^ ^^ \ QUARRY BAY / .—-^^^^r ^^fe^^t ^ WA* CHAI _^rfA ^ ^W f^~^ "\ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K ^-NJ^ HONG KONG ISLAND ^^^ # ) VICTORIA ^^^^^^ » ^^ V_-\ Harbour Reclamations-1841 to 1941, HK Annual Report 1963 (adapted) L/i vC Reclamation works in progress in Victoria, cl895 HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council Side-tipping in progress for Kai Tak reclamation, cl930 Ian M Thomas, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation CONTRACT N» A EXTENSION OF HUNC HOM ROAD Sv; DRAWING N° I n. , | KOWLOON , t JJ IV Extension of Hung Horn Road, showing signatures of Contractor 00 and Director of Public Works, 1898 Highways Department, HK Robinson (later Nathan) Road, cl904 HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council \Q -jMtos MacDonnell (now Canton) Road and Signal Station, cl890 8 Government Information Services, HK 121 Bowrington Canal leading from Happy Valley, cl905 HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council ,^*^^^ri Burst Storm-water Drains in Victoria causing severe road damage, probably 1874 HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council 123 Peak Tramway soon after completion, cl890 HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council Kowloon-Canton Railway-Embankment construction north of Ma Liu Shui, cl907 Kowloon-Canton Railway a Corporation/ Provisional Regional Council Kowloon-Canton Railway-Beacon Hill Tunnel under construction, cl908 Public Records Office, HK to «*• mm L« ,. «* THI-I—-rr Bowen Road Tunnel Portal discharging water from Tai Tarn Reservoir, inscribed 1883-8 i—i HK Museum of History, provisional Urban Council » Jm iafab • -'lifia ^ it ' h .4 1 (^^ 1• Quarry Bay/Quarry Gap Cableway, 1892 John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd S3 -J Quarry Bay No 5 Dam, 1901 John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd/ ri HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council Tai Tarn Tuk Dam under construction, c 1916 to Public Records Office, London & HK o Aberdeen Lower Dam under reconstruction, C1932 HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council 0 50 100 ISO FEET I > i Cross section of Gorge dam Gorge Dam Cross-section, Shing Mun Reservoir, 1936 Binnie Consultants Ltd/Binnie Black & Veatch Kai Tak Aerodrome wilh nullah construction in progress, 1928 HK Historical Aircraft Association Kowloon Walled City overlooking Kowloon Bay, cl910 HK Museum of History, Provisional Urban Council -t Air-raid Shelter nearing completion, 1941 en "Ruins of War" (1996), Keung & Wordie 135 Michael Guilford-The Author * Additional illustrations for Royal Asiatic Society reprint .