東華痘局紀念牌坊 Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital Memorial Arch, mhp2024, Feb 2022 #堅尼地城巴士站休憩處 #東華痘局紀念公園 #東華痘局拱門奠基

東華痘局紀念牌坊
Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital Memorial Arch
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香港堅尼地城巴士站休憩處，又叫東華痘局紀念公園。
地址：堅尼地城西寧街18號。
東華痘局是香港昔日一所醫院，在香港島堅尼地城加惠民道，為當時防治天花的主要設施之一，現已拆卸，僅留下拱形牌坊及基石。
東華痘局的建築於1901年11月18日奠基。
1907年，政府將其交給東華醫院作為防治天花的痘局。
東華痘局於1910年正式啟用。
東華痘局於1938年交還政府用作傳染病醫院。
拱門及奠基石被移放到堅尼地城巴士總站旁。
奠基石高70厘米，長78厘米，闊58厘米。
估計拱門高280厘米（～9呎），闊210厘米（不夠7呎）。
拱門及奠基石保存得很好，可以多放幾百年。
Kennedy Town Bus Terminus Sitting-out Area, also known as Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital Memorial Park.
Address: 18 Sai Ning Street, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong.
Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital was a hospital in Hong Kong in the past. It was located on Ka Wai Man Road, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island. It was one of the main facilities for the prevention and treatment of smallpox at that time.
The building of the Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital was laid on November 18, 1901.
In 1907, the government handed it over to the Tung Wah Hospital as a smallpox control pox bureau.
Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital was officially opened in 1910.
Tung Wah Smallpox Hospital was returned to the government in 1938 for use as an infectious disease hospital.
The arch and the foundation stone were moved to the Kennedy Town bus terminus.
The foundation stone is 70cm high, 78cm long and 58cm wide.
The arch is estimated to be 280cm (~9 feet) high and 210cm wide (less than 7 feet).
The arch and foundation stone are well preserved and can last for next several hundreds of years.

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