Damage caused by the 19th July 1926 rainstorm, at the nullah above Hill Road, Hong Kong

Damage caused by the 19th July 1926 rainstorm, at the nullah above Hill Road, Hong Kong

Identifier

NA16-095

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-095. Image from an album in The National Archives referenced as ‘HONG KONG 3. Views of Hong Kong from the 1860s to the 1920s' (CO 1069-446). According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the highest record of daily rainfall ever recorded in Hong Kong, is 534.1 millimetres - the 19th July 1926 rainstorm. See https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/blog/00000135.htm. See NA16-096 (another photograph of the effects of the 1926 rainstorm on the nullah above Hill Road).

Caption in album or on mount

HONG KONG RAINSTORM 19TH JULY 1926. / NULLAH ABOVE HILL ROAD

Caption on photograph

23

Location

Hong Kong

Date

July 1926

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London

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