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695: 120: 682: 33: 267: 166:, a Scottish former railway man, had petitioned for the right to introduce a funicular railway to Hong Kong. The Peak Tram was built and began operations in 1888. About the same time, Findlay Smith bought 177:
After the Peak Tram opened, Findlay Smith quickly put the Peak Hotel on the market. It was sold and completely rebuilt into an imposing three-story building, reopening in 1890. It boasted of
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600,000. The hotel's poor construction led to further deterioration. It closed in 1936, and in 1938 its fate was finally sealed by a fire. Today, the Peak Hotel's former site is occupied by
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was built. A further addition doubled the size of the annex and added a third story. The hotel commanded views of the city and
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About 13 years earlier, in 1875, N.J. Ede had built a house named
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In 1922, the hotel was bought by the owners of the rival
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Victoria Peak
Coordinates
22°16′15″N 114°09′00″E / 22.27087°N 114.14990°E / 22.27087; 114.14990

hotel
Victoria Gap
Peak Tram
Victoria Peak
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong
Alexander Findlay Smith
Pok Fu Lam
Victoria Harbour
Lamma Island
Hongkong Hotel
HK$
The Peak Galleria


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