| VOP Code: | KSN228 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Company godown and trading houses |
| Keywords: | 7 Weld Quay, 7a Weld Quay 9 Weld Quay / Pengkalan Weld, Penang Harbour, Were all at one time or other used by Paterson Simons & Co |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: No 9 was built before No 7 and 7a and is the front godown and office. Behind and stretching all the way to Beach St / Lebuh Pantai were other godowns, under the same ownership, Details: 9 Weld Quay was built using shophouse building techniques and incorporated a side alley with office space above. The façade is European esque, Materials: Chinese Terracotta V shaped tiles for the roof, masonry walls and terracotta tile walls as it adjoins another godown. Timber floors and staircase and unusually large glass windows to the five foot way replicating a European shop front, Personalities: Phuah Hin Leong is associated with 9 Weld Quay which carries his company name above the doorway to the godown, George Town |
| Year: | 1880 |
| Source: |
Company godown and trading houses
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