Damage caused by the 19th July 1926 rainstorm, Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong
Collection
Identifier
NA16-103
Copyright
© Crown copyright 2011
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-103. 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. Last two digits of the car’s number plate: 74. See NA16-102, NA16-104, NA16-105, NA16-106 and NA16-107 (more photographs of the effects of the 1926 rainstorm on Queen’s Road, Central).
Location
Date
July 1926
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
The National Archives, London