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Hung_Hom_Tai_Wan_beach_&_the_CLP_Hok_Un_power_generation_station【 紅 磡 大 環 山 海 灘 及 中 電 鶴 園 發 電 廠 】
Top left photo – early Tai Wan beach off Whampoa Dockyard and at south-west of Hok Un; the beach was said to be rather steep and was ideal for both sun bathing and swimming. It was almost a private beach and residents in the shipyard quarters can direct access to the beach area via a flight of staircase. The northern side of Tai Wan beach ended at the tip of Dyer Avenue abutting the boundary of CLP Hok Un power station
Bottom left – 1955 close-up on the northern end shows the beach was without any facilities on the sandy belt except a few amenity sheds built close to the power station
Top middle – the same scene taken after a year, not much changed except the ground between the CLP long workshop and the huge turbine building is now under construction (at watermark ‘K’)
Bottom middle - aerial view of the long and straight Tai Wan beach which once stretched to about 150 meters from the south of Dyer Avenue to the north of the shipyard boat slip area. There was nothing like pontoon or rope for demarcation of a safe swimming zone
Top right – in a year, a fuel oil tank appeared on the previous construction area. An ever increase of power consumption in the city required rapid development of the CLP Hok Un plant to switch to a bigger oil-fueled power generation
Bottom right – shooting roughly the same location after 12 years, the Tai Wan area has been filled and the sandy beach had become a strip of open ground which soon developed to a small industrial area for light engineering, the beach turned to a public sports ground and a swimming pool as at present
A, B, and C - Whampoa Dockyard senior staff quarters the Tantallon, Weaverly and Albion
Hung_Hom_Tai_Wan_beach_&_the_CLP_Hok_Un_power_generation_station【 紅 磡 大 環 山 海 灘 及 中 電 鶴 園 發 電 廠 】
Top left photo – early Tai Wan beach off Whampoa Dockyard and at south-west of Hok Un; the beach was said to be rather steep and was ideal for both sun bathing and swimming. It was almost a private beach and residents in the shipyard quarters can direct access to the beach area via a flight of staircase. The northern side of Tai Wan beach ended at the tip of Dyer Avenue abutting the boundary of CLP Hok Un power station
Bottom left – 1955 close-up on the northern end shows the beach was without any facilities on the sandy belt except a few amenity sheds built close to the power station
Top middle – the same scene taken after a year, not much changed except the ground between the CLP long workshop and the huge turbine building is now under construction (at watermark ‘K’)
Bottom middle - aerial view of the long and straight Tai Wan beach which once stretched to about 150 meters from the south of Dyer Avenue to the north of the shipyard boat slip area. There was nothing like pontoon or rope for demarcation of a safe swimming zone
Top right – in a year, a fuel oil tank appeared on the previous construction area. An ever increase of power consumption in the city required rapid development of the CLP Hok Un plant to switch to a bigger oil-fueled power generation
Bottom right – shooting roughly the same location after 12 years, the Tai Wan area has been filled and the sandy beach had become a strip of open ground which soon developed to a small industrial area for light engineering, the beach turned to a public sports ground and a swimming pool as at present
A, B, and C - Whampoa Dockyard senior staff quarters the Tantallon, Weaverly and Albion