Belcher's Street
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Belcher's Street is a main street in Kennedy Town of Hong Kong. It connects east Victoria Road and joins west Queen's Road West. A small section in its west end built a turn around for Hong Kong Tramways.
The street was named after Edward Belcher, a Canadian-born Royal Navy officer who surveyed the harbour of Hong Kong in 1841.
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The former Western Fire Station, located at No. 12 Belcher's Street, was converted into the Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly. It is a Grade III historic building[1] and is located along the Central and Western Heritage Trail.[2]
See also[edit]
- List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
- Belcher Bay
- The Belcher's
- HKU station a station of the MTR, with one exit in Belcher's Street
References[edit]
- ^ List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 7 Nov 2008) Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, by the Antiquities and Monuments Office
- ^ "Central and Western Heritage Trail - Ex-Western Fire Station". Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
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