1940-11-30 — Page 7

Second Section

S.........Hongkong Telegraph

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Modern

godown

The new godown recently completed for the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. is the first step in the reconstruction programme adopted by the Company. As these photographs show, it is a most modern structure and a radical depar- ture from the old type of construction com. mon in the Colony. It is the first godown in Hongkong to be fully fire-resisting.

The new godown has a cargo storage capacity of 18,000 tons, about five times as much as was previously possible on this area.

The building is entirely of reinforced con- crète, and is six storeys high.

High windows and thick floors provide good protection from bombs, and as the walls are built separate from the columns, the collapse of a wall will not affect the stability of the rest of the building,

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The building was designed by Mr. S. E. Faber, A.F.C., M. Inst. C.E., and was con- structed under his supervision. The general contractors were Messrs. Marsman Hongkong China, Ltd.

Two more godowns of similar design are now under construction.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1940.

An excellent view of the new godown building, with the hills of Kowloon in the background.

A striking comparison provided i this picture of, the old buildings.

The new building

under construction.

An interior view of the old buildings.

Magazine Featu

|_ A corner of the now godown:

plenty of light and air