Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.

Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Venue | Tsim Sha Tsui | Victoria Harbour |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date of Death | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Material Type | Image |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
Signal Tower at Marine Police Headquarters
Signal Tower of the Marine Police Headquarters. The signal tower is completed in 1885, and every day at one o'clock the time ball dropped from the top of the tower to provide time calibration for vessels in the harbour. The tower continued to serve until 1907, when a new signal tower was built at Signal Hill.
Date | Around 1920 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Marine Police Headquarters;Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Tsim Sha Tsui/(Street)/Signal Tower |
Object | Signal Tower |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Hong Kong Historical Postcards |
Source | Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung |
Repository | Ko Tim-keung |
Note to Copyright | Copyright expires |
Accession No. | 183 |
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