Upper left photo showing the Town Gas SOUTH Works in late 50s.
Upper right photo showing the same Works in 60s, which remained essentially the same.
The middle 2 pictures do reveal drastic change in plant layout within the same South Works, the ‘Segas’ Oil Gasification Plant on the right of the left-hand-side photo (commissioned after 1966) had replaced the coal retort plant and the coal stockpiling yard that can be seen on the middle right photo (taken in 1964) <Read more ...>
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Housing area from 1957-2002/3, see wikipedia. Two ferry terminals are visible: North Point Vehicular Ferry pier and North Point Ferry Pier East. <Read more ...>
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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1960
This picture gives a different perspective of the Kai Tal Airport site and the San Po Kong area than that we normally see.
David’s recent 2017 photographs appear to have been taken from a high level in the area where the remains of Runway 13 can be seen crossing the incomplete Prince Edward Road.
The RAF/Japanese hangar can be seen in the centre in plain sight, and with open access to the nearby main road
