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Pillbox 030, Turtle Cove [1939- ]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2008-06-25 10:30

Date Place completed:

1939-01-01

If you are looking from the beach out to sea, this pillbox is at the back of the beach on your left.

As you walk towards it you'll see it has a metal door in good condition (not the original). I guess it is used as a store room for the people working at the beach. <Read more ...>

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Pillbox 008, Aberdeen Praya [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-05-20 13:58

Date Place completed:

1939-01-01

I was expecting the pillboxes around Aberdeen to have been demolished already, so I was very pleased to get this email from Thomas:

I think I have bumped into one of these in March and didn't realise it. Here is an old photo of the location.

Now the location is boarded up for slope maintenance.

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Pillbox 006, Pok Po Wan / Waterfall Bay [1939- ]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-05-13 11:30

Date Place completed:

1939-01-01

The wartime map shows this pillbox on the shoreline.

The pillbox is mentioned several times in documents related to the Telegraph Bay redevelopment, which was later named Cyberport. First there is the 'Final EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) Report for Agreement No CE 92/97' which says: <Read more ...>

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Pillbox 004, Kong Sin Wan / Telegraph Bay / Cyberport [1939-????]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2008-05-10 17:22

Date Place completed:

1939-01-01

The wartime map shows this pillbox was on the shoreline, before Telegraph Bay was reclaimed and became the Cyberport development.

I don't know if there are any traces of the pillbox remaining? I thought I had seen a photo on the internet recently, with a comment that it was soon to disappear. But this report before the cyberport development started suggests it may have been left untouched: <Read more ...>

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Pillbox 022, Stanley Bay [1939- ]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2008-04-30 18:19

Date Place completed:

1939-01-01

I was in Stanley this afternoon, and remembered there should be a pillbox around here. Sure enough you can see the square loopholes just above the shoreline. Here's the view across from Murray House.