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Pinewood Battery 1973

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Pinewood Battery 1973
Submitted by 80sKid. View the original image on Flickr.
Authors: 
Grant Gouldon
Tags: 
WW2
pillbox
battery
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Monday, January 1, 1973
Gallery: 
1970s Hong Kong
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Submitted by David on Sun, 2016-04-10 17:10.

Today the trees on the hillsides make it hard to see the whole site, so this is a great view.

Interesting to see the slopes below the battery are already changing from grass to thicker undergrowth in this photo. Are todays trees a natural expansion of that undergrowth, or were trees planted there at some point?

Regards, David

 

Submitted by 80sKid on Sun, 2016-04-10 22:56.

yep, been reforested over decades as part of Lung Fu Shan country park, according to AFCD

 

http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_l...

 

more photos from 1973 of the battery here 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/grantdabassman/albums/72157622966028195

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-04-11 14:18.

Thanks for the links. I'd rather see the trees trimmed back a bit now, to give open views out from the battery site.

Submitted by chowkungstanley on Wed, 2018-07-25 15:40.

Really thanks for your historic photo database as it is so good to see the history of Hong Kong. 

Actually I am from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and we are now planning to design a new sets of information panel about Pinewood Battery.  I would like to know whether we include your photos into our panels, and see what is the process to get these photos.

Thanks very much for your help!

Stanley