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Title: Kowloon Docks. (Founded 1863). Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd.
Description: Hongkong, Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, [ca. 1960]. [24] pp. Col. & b./w. ills. Orig. softcover (pictorial wrappers). [254 x 203 mm.]. - Cover with light wear & some foxing.Scarce richly illustrated brochure to promote the Kowloon Docks (as the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock were generally called), once among the largest in Asia. It was founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland. 1865, it was known as Kowloon Docks and located on the west Kowloon coast between Hung Hom and Tai Wan, facing Hung Hom Bay in the Victoria Harbour. It is also known as Whampoa Dock for short. The Whampoa part of the name comes from the harbor located at was then known as Huangpu Island (previously transliterated as Whampoa), adjacent to the city of Guangzhou (previously transliterated as Canton), where the company owned another dockyard. On the eve of Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the dockyard was heavily bombarded by Japanese aircraft due to its importance, causing many casualties.[Source: Wikipedia].

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