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Group of the British and Chinese Commissioners, taken at Sham Chun.

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:17

The photo shows WONG TS’ÜN-SHIN (王存善) on the right and JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART second from right in the front row.

Quite likely the European standing between Lockhart and Wong is Mr. ROBERT DALY ORMSBY, Director of Public Works.

The photo was taken on the 17th or 18th March, 1899.

For the story behind this photo see: The Anglo Chinese Boundary 1898

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899
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New Territories
boundary

View of the Sham Chun River (The hills are on British Territory, the valley on chinese Territory)

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:10

For the story behind this photo see: The Anglo Chinese Boundary 1898

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899
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New Territories
boundary

Map of Hong Kong in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1898

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1998

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_The_Convention_for_the_Ex...

For the story behind this map see: The Anglo Chinese Boundary 1898

Detailed map of the boundary for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1899

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_The_Convention_for_the_Ex...

For the story behind this map see: The Anglo Chinese Boundary 1898

Governor Sir Henry Arthur Blake and the Viceroy of Guangdong

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Henry_Arthur_Blake_and_Vicer...

Bridge at Tai-Wai onTai-Po Road [1900-????]

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2021-05-29 18:49
Date Place completed: 
c.1900-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Bridge across Shing Mun River in Tai Wai, built 1900

Quite narrow bridge. Demolished as it possibly was not fit for vehicle passage.

The Report on the New Territory for the year 1900 (page 20) refers:

The masonry of the abutments and piers of the Tai Wai bridge, 3 spans of 30 feet clear, was completed in the year.

The Public Works Report for 1901 refers:

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bridge
New Territories
Sha Tin

Tai-Po Road, Bridge at Tai-Wai.

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2021-05-29 18:40

Comment on Flickr:

Tai Po Road is one of the earliest major roads in the New Territories, built in 1902. In the early 20th century and until the Lion Rock Tunnel, the first road tunnel in Hong Kong, was built in 1967, Tai Po Road was the main road connecting Tai Wai and the New Territories to Kowloon. Before the construction of the Fanling Highway in the 1980s, the road connected Fanling and Sheung Shui.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1901
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New Territories
bridge

Beacon - Tai Po Tau 大步頭墩臺 [????- ]

Submitted by Kenneth P on Sun, 2020-12-13 10:15

The beacon located on the peak near Ping Fung Shan. Even though it's quite far from Tai Po Tau, but according to the beacon scale and shape, there have chance as that one. 

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New Territories
Tai Po Tau
Imperial Chinese Military Sites
Beacon

The Rural Communities of Hong Kong-book published 1983

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2020-09-12 18:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1983

1949, Sha Tau Kok control point

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2020-06-28 00:23

From the Harrison Forman Collection - Hong Kong

Original title: Hong Kong, public notice of smuggling ordinance at Sha Tau Kok border crossing

Caption:    Print 1109 c3: Hong Kong, Frontier to Red China. Sign erected in the village of Sha Tau Kok. The border between the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong and Red China runs down the middle of the single street in this village.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
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New Territories
border area

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