{{Short description|Street on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2012}} [[File:HK Electric Road.jpg|thumb|View of Electric Road, looking east, near AIA Tower.]] [[File:HK YueWongTemple.JPG|thumb|[[Yue Fei|Ngo Wong]] Temple along Electric Road.]] [[File:HK FormerRoyalHongKongYachtClub OilStreet.JPG|thumb|[[Oi! (Hong Kong)|Oi! building]], the former clubhouse of the [[Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club]], along Electric Road.]] '''Electric Road''' ({{zh|t=電氣道}}) is a street in the north of [[Hong Kong Island]] in the [[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern District]] of Hong Kong. It spans from the [[Tin Hau, Hong Kong|Tin Hau]] area of [[Causeway Bay]], across [[Fortress Hill]] of [[North Point]] and connects east onto [[Java Road]] in North Point.
==History== Electric Road remained unnamed when the [[Hong Kong Tramways|Hong Kong Tramway]] was completed in 1904. In 1913, [[Hongkong Electric Company|Hongkong Electric]] built [[North Point Power Station|a new power station]] on the new [[land reclamation in Hong Kong|reclamation]] of North Point to replace the one in [[Wan Chai]]. Its operation was delayed until summer 1919 because of [[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.<ref>{{cite book |title= Signs of a Colonial Era|last1= Yanne|first1=Andrew|last2= Heller|first2= Gillis|year= 2009|publisher=[[Hong Kong University Press]]|page= 142|isbn= 978-962-209-944-9}}</ref> Before the completion of [[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]], it was the busiest road in North Point.
[[North Point Power Station]] was officially decommissioned in 1978. The site is now part of the large scale [[City Garden]] housing development.<ref name="isbn9789627619208">{{cite book |title= 香港電機工程發展趣誌| trans-title=Development of Power Generation in Hong Kong|year= 2006|isbn= 978-962-7619-20-8}}</ref>
==Features== * Nos. 89 and 91 Electric Road are two [[tong lau]] built between 1947 and 1951<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf Brief Information on No Grade Items. Item #1407] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017210551/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf |date=October 17, 2012 }}</ref> * Causeway Bay Market (No. 142) * [[Yue Fei|Ngo Wong]] Temple ({{zh|t=岳王古廟|labels=no}}) (No. 158-160)<ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1482008/EIA/pdf/Text/S15%20CHIA.pdf Agreement No. CE 43/2005 (EP), Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS). Final EIA Report], p. 12</ref> * @Convoy (No 169) * [[AIA Tower]] (No. 183)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120917235204/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=2313 Global Tall Building Database] of the [[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat|CTBUH]]</ref> * Former [[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]], a private residential development (No. 233) * Sea View Estate *[[Tin Hau Food Square]]
==See also== * [[List of streets and roads in Hong Kong]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons category|Electric Road}}
[[Category:Tin Hau, Hong Kong]] [[Category:Fortress Hill]] [[Category:North Point]] [[Category:Roads on Hong Kong Island]] [[Category:Hong Kong Electric]]