Peninsula Hotel and Holt's Wharf in camouflage. Note also the war damage to the houses on Middle Road.
1945 Above TST
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Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Monday, October 1, 1945
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Connections:
- 1945 Above TST shows Place The Peninsula Hotel [1927- ]
- 1945 Above TST shows Place Signal Hill - Blackhead Point [1907- ]
- 1945 Above TST shows Place Signal Hill Battery / Blackhead Fort [????- ]
- 1945 Above TST shows Place Blackhead's Hill/Signal Hill Lighthouse [1909- ]
- 1945 Above TST shows Place Holt's Wharf [1910-c.1971]
- 1945 Above TST shows Place Chungking Arcade [1941-1959]
- 1945 Above TST shows Place Houses on Middle Road next to Blackhead Point [1915-????]
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Great shot from an unusual
Great shot from an unusual angle!
Fascinating to see the pockmarked ground from wartime bombing where the future Hong Kong Sheraton hotel would be. Can also see a glimpse of Chungking Arcade bottom right.
Sunken ship
Inside Victoria Harbour, near the Naval Dockyards, the masts and superstructural parts of a sunken ship can be spotted.