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Quarry Bay
KNOWLEDGE OF Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay (é°‚éšæ¶Œ; literally Crucian Carp Stream or River or 石礦ç?£ / 採石ç?£) is an area beneath Mount Parker in Eastern District on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The western portion of the area was also formerly known as Lai Chi (éº—æ± ).
It was a bay where quarried rocks from the hillside for construction or building roads were transported by ship. The Chinese name Tsak Yue Chung (é°‚éšæ¶Œ) reveals it was a small stream where crucian carp (é°‚éš) could be found. The original bay has disappeared since land reclamation has taken place, and is about 700m from the current coastline.
The river originally flowed into the bay, however it was shut off from the sea with the construction of the Tai Koo reservoir to supply fresh water to the Taikoo Dockyard, the Taikoo Sugar factory at Tong Chong Street (ç³–å» è¡—), and later the Swire Coca-Cola factory at Greig Road (基利路) and Yau Man Street (佑民街). The upper course of the river was converted into a cement-paved catchwater, and the lower course is the present-day Quarry Bay Street, with the original estuary near the Quarry Bay Street - King's Road junction.
In the mid-1980s, the hillside was converted into Kornhill apartment buildings, the reservoir into Mount Parker Lodge apartment buildings, and the Dockyard into Taikoo Shing. The Coca-cola factory is now apartment Kornville, and Taikoo Sugar is now the Taikoo Place, a commercial hub.
It was a bay where quarried rocks from the hillside for construction or building roads were transported by ship. The Chinese name Tsak Yue Chung (é°‚éšæ¶Œ) reveals it was a small stream where crucian carp (é°‚éš) could be found. The original bay has disappeared since land reclamation has taken place, and is about 700m from the current coastline.
The river originally flowed into the bay, however it was shut off from the sea with the construction of the Tai Koo reservoir to supply fresh water to the Taikoo Dockyard, the Taikoo Sugar factory at Tong Chong Street (ç³–å» è¡—), and later the Swire Coca-Cola factory at Greig Road (基利路) and Yau Man Street (佑民街). The upper course of the river was converted into a cement-paved catchwater, and the lower course is the present-day Quarry Bay Street, with the original estuary near the Quarry Bay Street - King's Road junction.
In the mid-1980s, the hillside was converted into Kornhill apartment buildings, the reservoir into Mount Parker Lodge apartment buildings, and the Dockyard into Taikoo Shing. The Coca-cola factory is now apartment Kornville, and Taikoo Sugar is now the Taikoo Place, a commercial hub.
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