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Spring Garden Lane & Cross Street Latrine & Urinal [1930-2016]

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 07/30/2023 - 14:24

A long-winded name-location for a public toilet. Built in April 1930, it was a two-storey building with seats for 54 persons. Men on the G/F and women on the 1/F. At some point it was rebuilt to include additional floors as well as a street-level refuse collection point. Demolished in 2016. 

Sources:

1. 1929 and 1930 Reports on Public Works

 

Urinal on Connaught Road east of Man Wa Lane Junction [1903-????]

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 10/14/2022 - 23:57

Another building in the middle of the praya. First mentioned in the Government Gazette (call for tender) in 1901 "on the praya opposite Marine Lot 22". The work was delayed, the principal cause of the delay being the failure of a local company to supply the glazed bricks. The Public Works Report for 1903 refers:

The three urinals referred to in last year's Report as having been delayed from various causes, namely……[the] one on the Praya near the Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.'s pier were completed.

Urinal on Connaught Road, east of Gilman St Junction [1905-????]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 10/02/2022 - 01:37

Another prominent building in the middle of the praya.  First mentioned in the Government Gazette (call for tender) in 1904 "opposite Marine Lot 54". The Public Works Report for 1905 refers:

Two public urinals were erected in Connaught Road of 8 divisions each, one opposite Marine Lot No. 54 and one opposite Marine Lot No. 224.

The urinal was located very close to the Osaka Shosen Kaisha (O.S.K.) Wharf, therefore it is visible on some photos showing this pier. 

Urinal on Connaught Road, opposite the end of Douglas Street [1906-c.1952]

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 04:55

Another prominent building in the middle of the praya, the "Urinal on Connaught Road, opposite the end of Douglas Street". First mentioned in the Government Gazette (call for tender) in 1905 "opposite Marine Lot 62". Opened in 1906.

Appears on many praya photos. Likely survived world war II, and was demolished when traffic increased on Connaught Road in the 1950s.

In this photo from 1953, the urinal would be just outside on the left.  Looking at the cars, they drive straight ahead and likely not around the urinal building.