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'''Fenwick Street''' is a street in [[Wan Chai]], [[Hong Kong]] with a length of about 450 metres. |
[[File:Fenwick Street near Jaffe Road.jpg|thumb|Fenwick Street near [[Jaffe Road]] in July 2013]] |
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'''Fenwick Street''' ({{zh|分域街}}) is a street in [[Wan Chai]], [[Hong Kong]] with a length of about 450 metres. It starts from [[Johnston Road]] and ends at the junction of [[Fenwick Pier Street]] and [[Harbour Road]]. Fenwick Street is cut into two pieces by [[Gloucester Road, Hong Kong|Gloucester Road]], impassable for cars. Pedestrians can take an elevated walkway to cross. |
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==Name== |
==Name== |
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The name originates from George Fenwick |
The name originates from George Fenwick<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2021304/what-street-names-say-about-hong-kongs-maritime|title = What street names say about Hong Kong's maritime past|date = 22 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://industrialhistoryhk.org/19th-century-wanchai-shipyards-messrs-george-fenwick/|title = 19th Century Wanchai Shipyards – Messrs. George Fenwick & Co Ltd – the Industrial History of Hong Kong Group}}</ref> (died 1896), who owned a shipyard at Johnston Road near [[Ship Street, Hong Kong|Ship Street]]. The shipyard had to close when [[Hong Kong Tramways|the tram]] was built in 1904. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The first part of Fenwick Street was built during the |
The first part of Fenwick Street was built during the 1920s Wanchai Reclamation ([[Praya East Reclamation Scheme]]), starting at Johnston Road (this was the waterfront before reclamation) to Gloucester Road (waterfront after reclamation). During the next reclamation phase between 1965 and 1972, the street was extended to Harbour Road. |
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At the end of Fenwick Street piers |
At the end of Fenwick Street piers existed, one from 1929<ref>Public Works Department Report for 1929|http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1929/714.pdf</ref> to about 1968 at Gloucester Road, the other one from about 1970 to end of 2014 at the new waterfront (see [[Fenwick Pier]]). |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 5 October 2022
Fenwick Street (Chinese: 分域街) is a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong with a length of about 450 metres. It starts from Johnston Road and ends at the junction of Fenwick Pier Street and Harbour Road. Fenwick Street is cut into two pieces by Gloucester Road, impassable for cars. Pedestrians can take an elevated walkway to cross.
Name
[edit]The name originates from George Fenwick[1][2] (died 1896), who owned a shipyard at Johnston Road near Ship Street. The shipyard had to close when the tram was built in 1904.
History
[edit]The first part of Fenwick Street was built during the 1920s Wanchai Reclamation (Praya East Reclamation Scheme), starting at Johnston Road (this was the waterfront before reclamation) to Gloucester Road (waterfront after reclamation). During the next reclamation phase between 1965 and 1972, the street was extended to Harbour Road.
At the end of Fenwick Street piers existed, one from 1929[3] to about 1968 at Gloucester Road, the other one from about 1970 to end of 2014 at the new waterfront (see Fenwick Pier).
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fenwick Street, Hong Kong.
- ^ "What street names say about Hong Kong's maritime past". 22 September 2016.
- ^ "19th Century Wanchai Shipyards – Messrs. George Fenwick & Co Ltd – the Industrial History of Hong Kong Group".
- ^ Public Works Department Report for 1929|http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1929/714.pdf