Hong Kong Engineering Study II - 31 streets named after engineers

Cameron Road, Nathan Road, Boundary Street, Gough Street, Jaffe Road... These are the streets that Hong Kong people are familiar with, but behind them lies a common point - all their names are named after the engineers who have worked in Hong Kong for nearly a hundred years since the city became a free port. According to the author's careful research, there are as many as 31 streets in Hong Kong named after engineers, not including alleys. These engineers included navigational surveyors, royal engineers, shipbuilding engineers, gas engineers, railway engineers, waterworks engineers, road engineers, and civil engineers. Urban development is closely related to engineering projects, such as leveling slopes, building roads, observatories and lighthouses, transportation networks, typhoon shelters, shipyards, water tanks, markets, slaughterhouses, hospitals, prisons, as well as cemeteries. The subsequent development and application of new building materials and technologies are milestones in the development of engineering in Hong Kong. This book is the author's second monograph on Hong Kong’s engineering history. The content is not about the personal life of engineers, nor is it about the evolution of streets, but focuses on the various engineering stories left by these engineers whose names stay with us for decades. The stories in the book are analyzed and organized by the author based on historical archives, letters, newspapers and other materials. The information is detailed, and the narrative is interspersed with discussions, making it interesting to read. The book comes with a "Street Map Named after Engineers" (2014).