Star Ferry Company (Hong Kong, China) : Interior, worker coiling rope

Creator:

Mithaiwala, Dorabjee Naorojee, active ca. 1870-1900

Published/Created:

Routes across Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
founded 1888

Date Depicted:

5/30/2009

Materials:

wood

Notes:

A passenger ferry service operator and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It was founded in 1888 as the Kowloon Ferry Company, adopting its present name in 1898. The fleet of 9 diesel-electric ferries currently operates two routes (four prior to April 1, 2011) across the harbour, carrying over 70,000 passengers a day, or 26 million a year. The company was founded by Parsee (Parsi) merchant Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala as the "Kowloon Ferry Company" in 1888. All the ferries have "Star" in their names; the later company name (1898) was inspired by his love of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar", of which the first line reads "Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me!

Topics:

Architecture -- China -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- China -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twentieth century
Twenty-first century

Culture:

Chinese

Accession Number:

1A2-CH-HK-SF-A06

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
passenger terminals (AAT)
vehicles: watercraft: ferries (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Tools, Equipment & Instruments

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; transportation buildings; terminals (buildings); passenger terminals; vehicles (transportation); watercraft; merchant vessels; ferries

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Eight

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/30/2009 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4654

OID:

10900555

PID:

digcoll:1839309