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Article: The Gap Rock Lighthouse: construction and typhoon damage
Title | The Gap Rock Lighthouse: construction and typhoon damage |
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Keywords | Gap Rock Lighthouse contributing factors design and construction typhoon damage |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | The Royal Society Publishing. The Journal's web site is located at http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org |
Citation | Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2019, v. 377 n. 2155, p. article no. 20190013 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper focuses on the Gap Rock lighthouse, a legendary maritime infrastructure built 130 years ago in the Chinese territory and an early example of joint venture among the Qing Dynasty, the British Empire and the Hong Kong Colonial Government over a course of two decades. Based on 4 years of cross-territorial archival and field research as well as in-depth interviews with descendants of two key stakeholders, the origin of this lasting legacy on the sea is traced, followed by a detailed account of its challenging processes of planning, design and construction, and of the considerable damage to the compound by a severe typhoon in 1893. A qualitative analysis of the key contributing factors of the damage was conducted by taking into consideration the Island's unique topography and the historical records of territorial weather reports. A re-construction of the typhoon impact on the Lighthouse is presented to explain the possible mistakes in its siting and design that eventually caused the severe damage. This serves as a reminder of the significance of a thorough geographical investigation for any infrastructure for all construction professionals in the face of climatic change. This article is part of the theme issue 'Environmental loading of heritage structures'. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/272321 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.870 |
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dc.contributor.author | Deng, YK | - |
dc.contributor.author | Poon, SW | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-20T10:40:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-20T10:40:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2019, v. 377 n. 2155, p. article no. 20190013 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1364-503X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/272321 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper focuses on the Gap Rock lighthouse, a legendary maritime infrastructure built 130 years ago in the Chinese territory and an early example of joint venture among the Qing Dynasty, the British Empire and the Hong Kong Colonial Government over a course of two decades. Based on 4 years of cross-territorial archival and field research as well as in-depth interviews with descendants of two key stakeholders, the origin of this lasting legacy on the sea is traced, followed by a detailed account of its challenging processes of planning, design and construction, and of the considerable damage to the compound by a severe typhoon in 1893. A qualitative analysis of the key contributing factors of the damage was conducted by taking into consideration the Island's unique topography and the historical records of territorial weather reports. A re-construction of the typhoon impact on the Lighthouse is presented to explain the possible mistakes in its siting and design that eventually caused the severe damage. This serves as a reminder of the significance of a thorough geographical investigation for any infrastructure for all construction professionals in the face of climatic change. This article is part of the theme issue 'Environmental loading of heritage structures'. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The Royal Society Publishing. The Journal's web site is located at http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences | - |
dc.subject | Gap Rock Lighthouse | - |
dc.subject | contributing factors | - |
dc.subject | design and construction | - |
dc.subject | typhoon damage | - |
dc.title | The Gap Rock Lighthouse: construction and typhoon damage | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Deng, YK: ydeng@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Poon, SW: swpoon@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Deng, YK=rp01871 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Poon, SW=rp01017 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rsta.2019.0013 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 31424345 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC6710473 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85071516338 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 298544 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 377 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2155 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 20190013 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 20190013 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000475842100004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1364-503X | - |