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1853 Plan of the Cantonment at Victoria

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2017-03-30 21:38
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1853

The original is held at the UK National Archive, their ref: WO 55/2962

Abercrombie development map-1948

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2017-03-20 19:34
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1948

What might have been

Note the proposed KCR railway line around to Kwun Tong. Now the MTR route

1910 plan of proposed university

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2017-03-15 18:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

The original is at the UK National Archive:

Reference:    MPG 1/1209/2
Description:    
Hong Kong. Plan of the proposed site for a University on Bonham Road and Pokfulam Road. Scale: 1 inch to 50 feet. Compass indicator. Signed by P N H Jones, Acting Director of Public Works, Hong Kong 19 January 1910.
Date:    1910

1850 Cast iron tanks and pipes in Victoria Cantonment

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2017-03-15 17:53
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1850

The original is at the UK National Archive:

Cast iron tanks

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2017-03-15 17:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1850

Detail croped from: https://gwulo.com/atom/27600

Stanley cantonment reduced.jpg

Submitted by stephenD on Wed, 2017-03-15 09:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1844

This is the whole plan of the 1842-c.1850 Stanley Cantonment. The most interesting element from the present day perpective is the boundary of the military land. The southernmost boundary point, on today's St Stephen's beach, had a boundary marker stone (BO and broad arrow) that still exists.

Dockyard 1950s upload.jpg

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2017-03-14 17:16
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1957

Composite of four maps dated 1956 & 1957

HKU Map 1934

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2017-03-10 22:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1933

Cinemas/Movie Theatres_1980

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2017-02-27 00:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980

From the "Hong Kong Tourist Association Official Guidebook" , year 1980.

Hospital Tank

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2017-02-21 15:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1901

Cropped from a 1901 map of Hong Kong. The origiginal is in the UK National Archive, their ref: CO 700/HongKongandChina20

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