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The Lung Tsun Stone Bridge () was a bridge in
In middle of the nineteenth century, European merchants used Chinese
九龍龍津橋考古發現
/ref> Due to mud deposition surrounding the pier, its length was extended to with wood. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in WWII, the bridge was completely covered up when the nearby Kai Tak Airport was expanded.
Antiquities and Monuments Office, "Remnants of Lung Tsun Stone Bridge in Kai Tak Area", Board Paper AAB/30/2009-10, December 2009
Remnants of the bridge will be preserved in-situ as part of the redevelopment plan for the Kai Tak site.
Antiquities and Monuments Office, "Discovery of Longjin Bridge in Kai Tak Area", Board Paper AAB/60/2007-08, June 2008
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"Major archaeological features identified at the Site by 2008-09 archaeological investigations with levels of significance"
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The Lung Tsun Stone Bridge () was a bridge in British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the Briti ...
which was buried during the construction of Kai Tak Airport and which connected the Kowloon Walled City to a pier leading into Kowloon Bay.''The Standard'', Relic will serve as bridge to Kai Tak's past, May 18, 2010History
In middle of the nineteenth century, European merchants used Chinese junks
A junk (Chinese: 船, ''chuán'') is a type of Chinese sailing ship with fully battened sails. There are two types of junk in China: northern junk, which developed from Chinese river boats, and southern junk, which developed from Austronesian ...
to smuggle goods and opium
Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which i ...
to the mainland. The Viceroy of Liangguang ordered a checkpoint to be set up in the water channel between Hong Kong and Macau. Due to the replenishment need for the customs ships, the stone bridge was proposed to be built and named after a nearby river, known as the Lung Tsun River.
Gambling was allowed in Hong Kong between 1867 and 1871 but was prohibited in 1872. The casinos moved to the Kowloon Walled City. As a nearby pier, in particular, the Lung Tsun Stone Bridge become a hotspot for many of the foreign gamblers arriving in Hong Kong.
Construction on the bridge began in 1873 and was completed in 1875. The bridge was about long and wide and was built from granite. At the time, it was the longest and toughest stone pier in Hong Kong. It was divided into the south and the north.吴偉鴻九龍龍津橋考古發現
/ref> Due to mud deposition surrounding the pier, its length was extended to with wood. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in WWII, the bridge was completely covered up when the nearby Kai Tak Airport was expanded.
Conservation
The bridge's remnants were first identified in April 2008.References
Further reading
Antiquities and Monuments Office, "Discovery of Longjin Bridge in Kai Tak Area", Board Paper AAB/60/2007-08, June 2008
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External links
"Major archaeological features identified at the Site by 2008-09 archaeological investigations with levels of significance"
{{coord, 22, 19, 44, N, 114, 11, 41, E, source:kolossus-zhwiki, display=title Kowloon City District Bridges in Hong Kong Piers in Hong Kong Bridges completed in 1875