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PROPOSED KNITTING MILL FOR THE CHINA ENGINEERS LIMITED

Architect: Mr. Eric Cumine

PROPOSED KNITTING MILL

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Architect's perspective sketch of the new mill on Un Chau Street.

A number of new factories will soon be established in Hong Kong: since the end of the war, there has been a phenomenal expansion in the Colony in the field of light indus- tries.

In the first stage of the project, only the two lower floors will be used for the mill: the second floor will be used as a godown.

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Cotton yarn will enter the build- The China Engineers Limited pro- into temporary storage until required ing at the ground floor and be put pose building a new knitting mill in by the winding and knitting the Shamshuipo district of New Kowloon, which has seen consider- able industrial development during the last few years.

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floor, together with the storage finished products and the calender- ing of fabrics. At this stage, a power hoist will be installed to serve all three floors, and this will be used for the vertical transportation of the finished goods. heavy bales of raw materials and

in- Apparatus will also be stalled on the ground floor for the bleaching, dyeing and drying of fa- brics.

Although it is intended to operate the mill as a commercial proposition The finishing department will oc- on a profit-making basis. its main cupy most of the first floor. When purpose will be to serve as a model the materials have been processed at demonstration factory for potential the lower level, they will here be purchasers of the machinery, equip- cut, ment and materials which The China Engineers import.

A secondary objective will also be achieved by the use of certain build- ing materials and fittings for which the Company are the agents: thus, their use and suitability can be shown to the best advantage.

The site is located on Un Chau Street. just off Castle Peak Road, be- tween Tonkin Street and Pratas Street. It is 85' 0" by 70′ 0′′ and so has an area of a little less than 6000 square feet.

sewn, inspected, pressed and packed. There will be a large store for finished products on this floor, in addition to a machine for the calen- dering of fabrics.

On the roof the workers will have a dining room, over which will be the extensive water storage facilities essential to the manufacturing pro- cess. Other accommodation provid- ed at this level will be a watchman's room, the hoist machinery room, a store and lavatories,

The

will be knitting machines Ltd.. the drying machines by Samuel supplied by Meller Bromley & Co.. Pegg & Son, and the sewing machines by Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine

Co., Ltd.

A large boiler room, a personnel

As much window area as possible check room and an enquiry desk will has been provided in the walls to al- be located on the ground floor; an low for adequate natural lighting. office will be provided on the first As a protection against glare, on the floor. There will be lavatories on first and second floors at the front of both these floors.

the building there will be movable steel "sunbreakers", rather on

the In the final stage, the manufac- lines of large vertical venetian blinds turing process will be extended and these will form the most interest- all three floors will then be required ing elevational feature of the design. for this purpose. On the ground three storeys high. However, the floor will be carried out the dyeing, parapet wall will be raised to above bleaching and drying of yarn and the water tank level so that from the fabric. The first floor will contain front elevation it will give the a raw material store, and the wind- impression of a four-storeyed build- ing and knitting machinery. Finish- ing.

ing will take place on the second F.R.I.B.A.

The completed building will be

The pile-driving contract has been awarded to The Vibro Piling Co., Ltd., and the building is expected to be completed in about five or six months. The architect is Mr. Eric Cumine,

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