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Pillbox 100, Hang Hau [1937-????]

Submitted by Rob on Tue, 2012-12-18 21:47
Date Place completed: 
1937-01-01
Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Oct-1992
Ref: ROB-00500
Other: With Lyon Light M 001
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Mainland PB

Lei Mun Gap PB, Sai Wan [1940-????]

Submitted by Rob on Fri, 2012-09-07 13:32
Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Jan-1997
Ref: ROB-00688
Other: Position from records only.

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Line-of-gaps PB
2 Loophole

Stone Hill PB 2, Stone Hill [1940- ]

Submitted by Rob on Fri, 2012-09-07 13:32
Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Intact
Date of last visit: Feb-1997
Ref: ROB-00691
Other: Buried

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Line-of-gaps PB
2 Loophole

Pillbox near Wanchai Gap [1940- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2008-11-03 12:05
Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

Tim Ko's 'War Relics in the Green, ISBN: 962 993 295 4' has a section 'Wanchai Gap and Lady Clementi's Ride'. The map on that page shows three pillboxes. T has already added the one by the dam, and the one to the East of the reservoir. Here's the third.

If you walk down Aberdeen Reservoir Road from Wanchai Gap, a short way down a clear trail leads off to the left. The trail goes straight for a short distance, before u-turning back to the left. From memory, the Pillbox is on that bend.

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Line-of-gaps PB
2 Loophole

Pillbox 014, Brick Hill / Deep Water bay [1939- ]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-10-28 19:21
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The wartime map shows Pillbox 14 here.

Walking along Mills & Chung path I thought I could see a pillbox in the distance.

Pillbox

But when I walked over to take a look it's clear it was something much newer.

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pillbox
2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 018, Repulse Bay [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-10-28 18:55
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

I think we can see a pillbox towards the eastern end of the beach in this Hedda Morrison Photo:

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pillbox
2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 020, South Bay Beach [1939- ]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2008-10-28 18:10
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The wartime map shows it at the southern end of South Bay. I took a look, but couldn't see any sign of it.

At the northern end of the beach was this concrete block that looked about the right size:

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2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 058a, Junction of Queen's Rd E., Hennessy Rd., Queensway [1941-????]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2008-09-19 11:49
Date Place completed: 
1941-01-01

[2022 Updated with corrections from Rob]

This photo by Harrison Forman gives a clear view of the pillbox.

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pillbox
2 Loophole
Island-Coastal PB
Beach Defence Unit

Pillbox 057, Wanchai (Hennessy Rd / Johnston Rd / Stewart Rd) [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2008-09-14 13:24
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

UWM's Harrison Forman collection has several photos of this area and the pillbox in 1941 (see below).

Interesting to see there was a gas station on the junction even then, and apparently under the same management. In 1941 the station sign says 'Texaco', and today's station is the ground floor of a building named Caltex House, Texaco being an ancestor of the Caltex brand.

Some points for discussion:

1. Direction.

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pillbox
pillbox 057
2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 007, Kai Lung Wan / Kellett Bay [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2008-09-10 12:18
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

As usual, the pillbox was built on the old shoreline. In this case, the shore of Kellett Bay.

The bay has been reclaimed, and is now the site of the Wah Kwai Housing Estate. The estate took its first residents in 1990, so the reclamation will have been before then.

I took a walk around the back of the estate, but there is no sign of the pillbox. The hillside slopes have been cut back as part of building the estate, so I guess the pillbox was demolished at that time.

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2 Loophole
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

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