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Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road (Peak) Sentry box? [c.1938- ]

Date Place completed: 
c.1938-11-30 (Year is approximate)

Was going down from the peak on Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road and right around Jardines Corner (5 mins down from the peak) was a structure that I assume to be a sentry box. It has a small loophole facing the road uphill (forgot to look for any on the other side) and a clear (sealed) doorframe. It looks very similar to the machine gun 'box' on Wong Nai Chung gap, part of the West Brigade HQ complex ( http://gwulo.com/node/32356 ). 

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Bunkers (Forward Dressing Station) [c.1939- ]

Date Place completed: 
c.1939-11-30 (Year is approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
2016-06-05

Walking down the main road that goes around Pok Fu Lam reservoir, I stumbled accross these structures. There is a large group of them, 4-6, right on roadside. They are all sealed up, but in relatively good condition.

All of them have similar designs, a door and a large loophole-ish window. They all appear as bunkers, with a lip at the rooftop and all slightly dug into the mountainside. Some have stones on the surface for similar camoflage like other pillboxes we have seen around Hong Kong.  As I remember, they all had ventilation structures on the top as well.

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