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Chang Chow Passage Light

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2020-07-11 03:26

From an album of postcards. No date given, 1970s as a guess.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970
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Ta Long Pai Light

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2020-07-08 02:49

From an album with postcards. Date unknown, set to 1970 (just a guess).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970
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Tai Long Pai (Tathong Rock) Beacon [1964- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2020-07-08 02:41
Date Place completed: 
c.1964-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

From Lighthouses of China: Hong Kong  

1964. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); four red flashes every 15 s. 13 m (43 ft) concrete tripod tower. [...] Located on a rock in the Tathong (Tai Long) Channel about 3 km (2 mi) north of Cape D'Aguilar. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. HK-094; Admiralty P3575.4; NGA 19349.

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Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-07-07 16:59

From an album with postcards. Date unknown, set to 1970 (jsee comment below).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970
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Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse [1912- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-07-07 16:54
Date Place completed: 
c.1912-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

From Declared Monuments in Hong Kong - Outlying Islands

Situated on Tang Lung Chau (originally known as Kap Sing Island), a small island to the west of Hong Kong and south of Ma Wan in Kap Shui Mun, Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse is one of the few surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong to Mirs Bay map.jpeg

Submitted by jill on Wed, 2020-05-06 00:49

I put the link to this hydrographical sea chart on the thread connected with Plover Bay. However I thought it deserves an image in its own right on Gwulo as the names are so evocative, e.g. Crooked Harbour, Port Shelter, Rocky Hanrbour and the Nine Pin Group of islands, and I'm not sure if they still exist. There's also a nice little glossary of Chinese to English geographical terms. From the information given, I believe the chart was from the 1906 British Survey but not printed till 1912 and then reissued by the US during World War 2.

Lei Yue Mun North Beacon

Submitted by Yuenmatthew415 on Sun, 2020-05-03 13:54
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1972

The light was painted in black and white checkers until the 80's/90's when it was repainted in green.

Before the adoption of IALA A in the 1980's, HK followed the League of Nations Uniform Buoyage System (also used in the UK). Starboard markers were black or black and white checkers (black and yellow for secondary channels). Port markers were red or red and white checkers (red and yellow for secondary channels).

The lantern on the beacon is an electric lantern, Pharos Marine's FA-250

Lyemun Beacon [1902- ]

Submitted by Yuenmatthew415 on Sun, 2020-04-26 23:39
Date Place completed: 
1902-01-01

The Lyemun Beacon is situated on a submerged rock off Yau Tong, near Lei Yue Mun. (This is NOT the pair of beacons, 88 and 89, on the opposite sides of the Lei Yue Mun Pass)

The Lyemun Beacon was first installed in 01.01.1902 as a lit marker with a red globe topmark. Soon it ceased to be lit at around 1913. In 1951 it was repainted black and white chequered and lost its topmark and in 1955 it was reconstructed. (Stephen Davies)

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Lamma Channel Measured Mile Beacons [????- ]

Submitted by Yuenmatthew415 on Sun, 2020-04-26 23:07

The 1923 and 1962 nautical charts of the HK approaches shows that a pair of beacons were located on Bluff head. The same chart shows a pair of beacons are located on Ngan Chau, also on Magazine Island and the north side of Aberdeen harbour.

The beacons on Bluff Head and Ngan Chau are shown on a 1896 map, though the exact year of construction is unclear.

The 1925 Asiatic Pilot gives this information.

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Channel Rock [????-1975]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2017-04-03 13:28
Date Place demolished: 
1975-01-01

These rocks appear in old photos of the harbour, and on old maps.

Moddsey notes: "Channel Rock disappeared in the 1970s with the extension of the Kai Tak runway."

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