Damage caused by the 19th July 1926 rainstorm, Waterworks Pumping Station, Pok Fu Lam Road (薄扶林道), Hong Kong

Damage caused by the 19th July 1926 rainstorm, Waterworks Pumping Station, Pok Fu Lam Road (薄扶林道), Hong Kong

Identifier

NA16-109

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-109. 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. During the storm, a huge boulder weighing about 3000 tonnes crashed into the No. 3 Pumping Station at Pokfulam, killing four workmen. See https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/blog/00000135.htm. See NA16-108 (another photograph of the Waterworks Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road).

Caption in album or on mount

HONG KONG RAINSTORM 19TH JULY 1926. / WATERWORKS PUMPING STATION AT POKFULUM ROAD

Caption on photograph

45

Location

Hong Kong

Date

July 1926

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London