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Cochrane Street () is a hilly street between
Cochrane Street () is a hilly street between Queen's Road Central
Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria, Hong Kong, Victoria City. It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s), by ...
and the junction with Gage Street
Gage Street () is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is on the lower hill and between the junction with Cochrane Street and Lyndhurst Terrace, Graham Street and Aberdeen Street. The street is mainly a market.
It is named after William Hall ...
and Lyndhurst Terrace in Central, Hong Kong. The whole street hosts the Central–Mid-Levels escalator
The Central–Mid-Levels escalator and walkway system in Hong Kong is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. The system covers over in distance and traverses an elevation of over from bottom to top. It opened in 1993 to p ...
s.
Name
The street was named afterThomas John Cochrane
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane, (5 February 1789 – 19 October 1872) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving as a junior officer during the French Revolutionary Wars, he captured the French ship ''Favourite'' off the coast of D ...
, a Rear Admiral
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Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...
of Second in Command (1842–44) and commander-in-chief (1844–46) in East Indies and China Station
The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China was a formation of the Royal Navy from 1831 to 1865. Its naval area of responsibility was the Indian Ocean and the coasts of China and its navigable rivers.
The Commander-in-Chief was appointed in 18 ...
of Royal Navy
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. At the time, he stayed in Hong Kong.
History
The street is near theCentral Market Central Market may refer to:
Fresh food markets
*Adelaide Central Market, Australia
* Cardiff Central Market, Wales
*Central Market, Hong Kong
* Central Market, Casablanca, Morocco
*Riga Central Market, Latvia
* Central Market (Columbus, Ohio), Uni ...
across the Queen's Road. Cochrane Street was at the build-up area of Cantonese residents. It was re-zoned in 1844 under the administration of Henry Pottinger
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet (3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856) was an Bombay Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of Hong Kong from 1843 to 1844.
...
to improve the hygiene condition of water supply. The Cantonese residents was later removed to Tai Ping Shan area.
At about 11pm on 14 August 1901, two houses at No. 32 and 34 of Cochrane Street collapsed suddenly, claiming 43 lives.
Features
The street runs uphill and many restaurants are on this street.See also
*List of restaurant districts and streets
This is a list of restaurant districts and streets. Restaurant districts and streets are sometimes referred to as "restaurant row".List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of Controlled-access highway, expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, Avenue (landscape), avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to ...
References
External links
* Central, Hong Kong Restaurant districts and streets in Hong Kong Roads on Hong Kong Island {{HongKong-road-stub