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1900s HKVDF Shooting Practice

1900s HKVDF Shooting Practice
Submitted by moddsey
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Monday, January 1, 1900
Gallery: 
1900s Hong Kong
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Submitted by marlowe on Fri, 2011-03-25 06:11.

The caption to the image was "General Gascoyne & Officers Hong Kong trying new Rifle Range, and Firing Party at new range c.1900"

Sorry I don't know where it is either.

Alun 

Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2011-03-25 11:26.

From Harlech Road shooting toward the rifle range at High West ?  Do the islands match up?

Submitted by tngan on Fri, 2011-03-25 14:51.

Hi there,

We would need a fine day without haze with very clear visbility in order to match the islands these days. 

However after referring to a map, That ridge did look like High West.  I would say if the location shown in the photo was the shooting range and the butts at Harlech Road, the remote islands along the line of sights would be Hei Ling Chau, then the Chi Ma Wan Peninsula of Lantau at the back, then Tai Tung & Lantau Peak.

Best Regards,

T