Sujet
Eastern part of Hong Kong Harbour
Légende
Hong KongChina, View over the eastern front of Hong Kong harbour, an area known today as 'Admiralty'. Original manuscript caption: "No. 8 Hong Kong 1903 View of Hong Kong of the Eastern part of the harbour, looking down about 200 - 300 feet. To eastern left of picture is Hong Kong Club (Synau Building) close to water edge- then two more large offices. Then to right of there New Admiral dock (in course of construction) and to right of this New Admiral works . There is a local agitation to get all these shifted from here- over to the Kowloon side-chiefly I think by people interested in prospects close by.Note HMS Tamar (roofed in with 3 masts) off end of new dockNote St John's Cathedral- with Synau Town, just inland to new dock (really 1/4 mile away and much higher up).Note dome just inland to HK Club of Hong Kong Shanghai Bank- and inland to this (near bottom of picture)Note roof of Governors residence & gardensTo right hand bottom corner note white square areas- these are small service reservoirs for the town.", 1903. 1998/028/2/6.
Date
01 févr. 1903
Crédit
Photo12/Bristol Archives/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20A05_277
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
30,9Mo (1,9Mo) / 30,3cm x 25,6cm / 3577 x 3021 (300dpi)