Lung Tsun Stone Bridge

[1] In middle of the nineteenth century, European merchants used Chinese junks to smuggle goods and opium to the mainland.

The Viceroy of Liangguang ordered a checkpoint to be set up in the water channel between Hong Kong and Macau.

As a nearby pier, in particular, the Lung Tsun Stone Bridge become a hotspot for many of the foreign gamblers arriving in Hong Kong.

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in WWII, the bridge was completely covered up when the nearby Kai Tak Airport was expanded.

[5] Remnants of the bridge will be preserved in-situ as part of the redevelopment plan for the Kai Tak site.

The Lung Tsun Stone Bridge and the Lung Tsun Pavilion (or the "Pavilion for Greeting Officials") of the Kowloon Walled City in 1898.
Lung Tsun Pavilion in 1910. The Pavilion was built in 1875 and buried by the Japanese during the expansion of the airport in WWII.
Site of the former Kai Tak Airport , under redevelopment in 2010. The archaeological excavations of the Lung Tsun Stone Bridge are visible in the foreground.
Map in 1915. The red area in the top right corner, labelled "Chinese Town", is Kowloon Walled City. The nearby protruding land is Lung Tsun Stone Bridge.