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Kowloon Panorama - c.1860

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Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-09-30 22:53

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 Credit: Wellcome Library, London

The Anglo-French military encampment at Kowloon, Hong Kong, with their naval fleets in the harbour, March 1860, prior to their assault on Beijing

Photographs by Felice Beato

http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTI...

Photo A

Photo B

Photo C

Photo D

Photo E

Photo F

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Submitted by richops on Sun, 2010-10-03 14:00.

    Wonderful photo sequence. Where was it taken from and could someone in the know perhaps tag salient points.

                             cheers Rich.

 

 

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2010-10-03 16:08.

On a Chinese web forum, it is reckoned that the photographer was standing at Ho Man Tin Hill or King's Park: (Page 12)

http://translate.google.com.hk/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&lay...

Submitted by David on Mon, 2010-10-04 17:20.

What a great view. I've added letters above each photo, to help with commenting on them.

Rich, I think the rocky headland in Photo E is where the Kwun Chung Fort used to be.

Submitted by richops on Thu, 2010-10-07 21:34.

 On the Chinese Web Forum, the guys have gone to a lot of trouble to put forward their theories as to where the photo was taken from. I'm inclined to go with the Ho Man tin Hill position, up behind the old KCR Workshops, in the area of:- 22,18',42.71N and 114, 10',44.36E ...Which today is the Oi Man Estate.

The reason I believe it to be here is the alignment of a small Island just off-shore with Rumsey Rocks and Kellett Island. The very large rock in PhotoOne should still have been around in the  fifties. If I've got it right, there was a very large squatter- hut fire up there in the early fifties and perhaps photos of that area may reveal the rock as it seemed to relatively undeveloped hill.

Submitted by A Chan (not verified) on Tue, 2011-05-17 10:28.

I saw a copy of the photos (in a very good conditions, with higher resolutions, appears seamless) in the Castle Peak Power Station B, in the former Station Manager's office more than 10 years ago. It was in a size about 1.5feet height x7 feet long. But then I never saw the picture again.

I'm interested in these photos because I found the view is so much similar to those outside my home windows. I'm now live in Lok Fu.    

I would say these photos were taken on a hill top water reservor, now called Lok Fu Park, Fu On Street. i.e. the popular panorama view site for seeing planes' landing to Kai Tak Airport before 1997. (In my opinion, the Ho Man Tin hill already shown in the photo.)

 

 

Submitted by x21513x (not verified) on Wed, 2011-05-25 20:37.

Hello A Chan

Can it be able to take few shot from your windows for ref.

It is very interesting for me.

http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=9322766&page=15#pid166427446