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Praya_Kennedy_Town - the_disappeared_section
Left photo - 1970s photo recording a busy day with trucks parked along the seawall, ready to load or off-load bulk consignments for or after sea transportation. In those early days the Praya was with heavy traffic heading both to east and west, in addition to the trams that goes both ways along the Praya. Stevedores had coolies who often carry heavy boxes etc. shuttling between the seawall and a berthing barge on a narrow timber plank, which is less than 300 mm wide and slender
Right photo - at approximate the same spot, shooting in the early 1980s revealed significant changes; there was less transportation business along the pier, trucks parked at the sea wall were no longer seen, and a number of warehouses were pulled down for residential development. Yet still there were barges serving the cargo ships from abroad even though containerization has taken away much of the sea cargo business. The Praya has become a clear two-way traffic; driving along a 3 meter wide lane between the sea wall and a running tram can be frightening as the vehicle may end up plunging to the sea !
This section of the Praya was reclamed in 1997
Praya_Kennedy_Town - the_disappeared_section
Left photo - 1970s photo recording a busy day with trucks parked along the seawall, ready to load or off-load bulk consignments for or after sea transportation. In those early days the Praya was with heavy traffic heading both to east and west, in addition to the trams that goes both ways along the Praya. Stevedores had coolies who often carry heavy boxes etc. shuttling between the seawall and a berthing barge on a narrow timber plank, which is less than 300 mm wide and slender
Right photo - at approximate the same spot, shooting in the early 1980s revealed significant changes; there was less transportation business along the pier, trucks parked at the sea wall were no longer seen, and a number of warehouses were pulled down for residential development. Yet still there were barges serving the cargo ships from abroad even though containerization has taken away much of the sea cargo business. The Praya has become a clear two-way traffic; driving along a 3 meter wide lane between the sea wall and a running tram can be frightening as the vehicle may end up plunging to the sea !
This section of the Praya was reclamed in 1997