flipped version of https://gwulo.com/atom/37777 showing correct orientation.
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1970s
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flipped version of https://gwulo.com/atom/37777 showing correct orientation.
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Thank you for sharing the…
Thank you for sharing the photo with the original orientation.
How may I access the full resolution of this photo? Are there any other photos similar a little earlier, ideally from 1967 - 69?
Hi res
Hi, these photos are loaded up as is so on this site it is the highest resolution available. You could try doing a Google image search to see if there is a clearer version elsewhere on the internet. (If you use Chrome, Right mouse click on the image and search with Google lens). Phil
Noted, thank you. If I…
Noted, thank you.
If I wanted to access photos of the Staff Quarters from The HongKong Electric Co. Ltd's library, where would you suggest I search?
Also, do we know who took…
Also, do we know who took this photo? Was it HK Electric, or some other organisation that had aerial photography access?
I have no idea, sorry
I have no idea, sorry
A Mountain of Light: The Story of the Hongkong Electric Company
Try looking up Austin Coates, "A Mountain of Light: The Story of the Hongkong Electric Company"
HKE junior aviators
These appear on Gwulo- not Cavendish Heights but earlier
https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/14565/photos
https://gwulo.com/media/37226
A Mountain of Light
I have a first edition copy of "A Mountain of Light" signed by the author, as I remember Austin Coates coming to Cavendish Heights to interview my Dad. The photo of Cavendish that appears in his book is the incorrect mirror image one, and is not credited to a source unfortunately.