Flooding due to the 19th July 1926 rainstorm, at the stone nullah, Wan Chai (灣仔), Hong Kong

Flooding due to the 19th July 1926 rainstorm, at the stone nullah, Wan Chai (灣仔), Hong Kong

Identifier

NA16-097

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-097. Image from an album in The National Archives referenced as ‘HONG KONG 3. Views of Hong Kong from the 1860s to the 1920s' (CO 1069-446). According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the highest record of daily rainfall ever recorded in Hong Kong, is 534.1 millimetres - the 19th July 1926 rainstorm. See https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/blog/00000135.htm. The building in the background is probably the Wan Chai Pak Tai Temple (灣仔北帝廟), built in 1863.

Caption in album or on mount

HONG KONG RAINSTORM 19TH JULY 1926. / PATH AT STONE NULLAH, WANCHAI.

Caption on photograph

7

Location

Hong Kong

Date

July 1926

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London