Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
[2022 Updated with corrections from Rob]
This photo by Harrison Forman gives a clear view of the pillbox.
Its stepped loophole design suggests it was one of the later pillboxes to have been built.
Raymond Lo has dated this photo based on the advertisment for the Cathay Cinema:
The photo No.248 was taken on either 7th September 1941[Sunday] or 8th September 1941[Monday],as the film "You'll find out" ( Chinese name is 鬼屋三魔。) was shown at the Cathay Theatre on the above mentioned date.
Photos that show this Place
1941
1941
1945
Comments
Similar pillbox in Central
Hi there,
I bumped into this site earlier. It's written in Chinese entirely,seemed to be full of old war time photos. Please take a look at photo 022. The caption read: Pre-war scene at Connaught Road Central, close to the then GPO. It mentioned the pillbox in the middle.
http://www.hytd.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=28&replyid=3084&id=341&page=1&skin=0&Star=3
[Admin: The link above no longer works, but here's another view of PB 62 that was near to the GPO:
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Best Regards,
T
Notes
Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Oct-2012
Ref: ROB-00678
Other: Photo only.
Moddsey has dated this photo
Moddsey has dated this photo of the area to 16-18 October 1940, and notes the pillbox wasn't there then:
That narrows down the construction date for the pillbox to between October 1940 and September 1941.