# Electric Road

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Street on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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View of Electric Road, looking east, near AIA Tower.

[Ngo Wong](/source/Yue_Fei) Temple along Electric Road.

[Oi! building](/source/Oi!_(Hong_Kong)), the former clubhouse of the [Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club](/source/Royal_Hong_Kong_Yacht_Club), along Electric Road.

**Electric Road** ([Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 電氣道) is a street in the north of [Hong Kong Island](/source/Hong_Kong_Island) in the [Eastern District](/source/Eastern_District%2C_Hong_Kong) of Hong Kong. It spans from the [Tin Hau](/source/Tin_Hau%2C_Hong_Kong) area of [Causeway Bay](/source/Causeway_Bay), across [Fortress Hill](/source/Fortress_Hill) of [North Point](/source/North_Point) and connects east onto [Java Road](/source/Java_Road) in North Point.

## History

Electric Road remained unnamed when the [Hong Kong Tramway](/source/Hong_Kong_Tramways) was completed in 1904. In 1913, [Hongkong Electric](/source/Hongkong_Electric_Company) built [a new power station](/source/North_Point_Power_Station) on the new [reclamation](/source/Land_reclamation_in_Hong_Kong) of North Point to replace the one in [Wan Chai](/source/Wan_Chai). Its operation was delayed until summer 1919 because of [World War I](/source/World_War_I). The operation of the power station spurred the development of North Point. In 1929 after the improvement of the road, it was named 'Electric Road' after the power station.[1] Before the completion of [King's Road](/source/King's_Road_(Hong_Kong)), it was the busiest road in North Point.

[North Point Power Station](/source/North_Point_Power_Station) was officially decommissioned in 1978. The site is now part of the large scale [City Garden](/source/City_Garden) housing development.[2]

## Features

- Nos. 89 and 91 Electric Road are two [tong lau](/source/Tong_lau) built between 1947 and 1951[3]

- Causeway Bay Market (No. 142)

- [Ngo Wong](/source/Yue_Fei) Temple (岳王古廟) (No. 158-160)[4]

- @Convoy (No 169)

- [AIA Tower](/source/AIA_Tower) (No. 183)[5]

- Former [Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club](/source/Royal_Hong_Kong_Yacht_Club) clubhouse

- North Point Fire Station

- Towngas Headquarters

- Hong Kong Funeral Home

- North Point Government Office

- Electric Road Municipal Services Building (No. 229)

- Kodak House

- [City Garden](/source/City_Garden), a private residential development (No. 233)

- Sea View Estate

- [Tin Hau Food Square](/source/Tin_Hau_Food_Square)

## See also

- [List of streets and roads in Hong Kong](/source/List_of_streets_and_roads_in_Hong_Kong)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). *Signs of a Colonial Era*. [Hong Kong University Press](/source/Hong_Kong_University_Press). p. 142. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-962-209-944-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-962-209-944-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-isbn9789627619208_2-0)** *香港電機工程發展趣誌* [*Development of Power Generation in Hong Kong*]. 2006. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-962-7619-20-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-962-7619-20-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Brief Information on No Grade Items. Item #1407](http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121017210551/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf) October 17, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Agreement No. CE 43/2005 (EP), Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS). Final EIA Report](http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1482008/EIA/pdf/Text/S15%20CHIA.pdf), p. 12

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Global Tall Building Database](https://archive.today/20120917235204/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=2313) of the [CTBUH](/source/Council_on_Tall_Buildings_and_Urban_Habitat)

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