Peak Depot, Grade II historic building in Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Peak Depot is a two-storey white house at 102 Old Peak Road in the Lo Fung Gap area of Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island, near the Peak Tower. Built in the 1910s, it served as the Water Supplies Department's office and store for the Peak district, with staff quarters in the office section and emergency equipment kept in the store. It is a Grade II historic building and now stands vacant.
Peak Depot was built in the 1910s as a two-storey white building for the Water Supplies Department, combining an office for its Peak district staff with quarters for them and a store for emergency equipment. It is now a Grade II historic building and stands vacant.
The building's name comes from its role storing emergency equipment for the Water Supplies Department, whose Peak office and staff quarters occupied the upper floor. It is a Grade II historic building, and although proposals have been made to turn it into a tourist attraction, the government has not fixed a future use and the white two-storey house stands empty beside the Peak Tower.
The depot stands at 102 Old Peak Road near the Peak Tower, on the Peak Tram's upper section. It is a vacant Water Supplies Department store, not open to the public, so the white two-storey facade is seen from the road outside. The building is a Grade II historic building.
The depot has stood empty for years despite proposals from civil society to turn it into a tourist attraction; the government has not yet set a future use for the Grade II building. Its two storeys once held offices, staff quarters and emergency equipment stores for the Water Supplies Department.
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