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The Aperture

The Aperture
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, December 1, 2013
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Hi there,

The design of this site looked very similar to the FP compound up in Lung Fu Shan.  To which direction is the aperture facing please?

Thanks & Best Regards,

T

Hi T,

Yes, I agree there are physical similarities, most obviously the corregated ceiling. I note Rob Weir at http://gwulo.com/node/12271 gives the estimated construction date of Lung Fu Shan PF Cells as 1900, which corresponds to the estimated construction date from 1886-7 to 1894-5 for the Lei Yue Mun Reverse QF Battery, and 1890-2 for the Lei Yue Mun Pass QF Battery (also with corregated ceiling), explained in http://gwulo.com/node/18374, "Structures on the South Coast of Lei Yue Mun Channel". I suppose we can take the presence of these very wide corrugations as an indication a military structure was built around 1900.

Cheers,

GW