Friday, August 15, 2014

Sketching Trams in Central 中環畫電車

Sketching Tram in Central

The trams and the cables above them have witnessed the many changes in Hong Kong for more than a century!  Finally,  I found the perfect spot to sketch them!  I went to Central and found this perfect spot opposite the old Bank of China Building to sketch them.  The winding road and the web-like cables overhead make a very interesting composition for a panorama sketch and so I settled down and spent an afternoon sketching the scene.   

電車同穿梭半空的電纜培伴香港已超過一個世紀,今次終於揾到合適地方去捕捉它們。舊中銀對面遮打花園正是畫電車同半空蜘蛛網狀電纜的好地方。


維基百科:
1904年初,電車車身以組件形式由英國運抵香港裝嵌。首批電車共有26輛,分別為10輛頭等及16輛三等,全部為單層設計。電車原擬分為三等,後來為方便運作只設頭等和三等。頭等電車頭尾部分採用開放式設計,中間則是密封,每邊設有兩行長椅,可載客32人,收費每位一角。三等電車採用全開放式設計,設有6排背對背長椅,可載客48人,收費每位五仙。
1904年7月2日,有電車首次駛離車廠作試驗性行駛。經過隨後多日的測試後,香港電車終於在同年7月30日啟用。

Sketching Tram in Central

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