I had been looking on and off at Hong Kong Maps Service 2.0 for older aerial photos of the area. If you are familiar with that site, suggest to try and look for old photos between 1945 & 1979, under 8000 ft.
I am trying to follow a series of 2000 ft photos dated 1979-08-02 and they all showed the original turns and bends of the streams around. Maybe you could use those as clues.
I have tried to find some more relevant aerial photographs that would confirm the location of the buffalo hide picture but without any definite success.
However, in my copy of the excellent 'Hong Kong in Old Times' book (ISBN 962-567-185-4), I see on page 150 that there is another possible site (and perhaps a much more likely one) where I stood on the old Kam Tin road in 1957/8. It is immediately opposite the main gate into the camp - which is still used today. As with the location where my current pin is probably erroneously placed there is a footbridge on the left crossing the river. Of course, the once distinct river has now become a narrow and barely flowing backwater, hidden amongst the trees. I suggest that if several photographs taken by the unknown man in the early to mid 1950s were located somewhere to the North of the camp it is very likely that he and his pal simply left the camp by the main gate, as one would always do. Crossing the road they would see the narrow footbridge on the left of my colour photograph and walk further to the North to take some of the photographs. Does this make sense to you? If so, I am very tempted to move the pin to a spot just to the West of the main camp gate. This is now done and I am satisfied that the pin is in the correct place. Best wishes, Andrew
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Re: original river\stream course
Hi Andrew,
I had been looking on and off at Hong Kong Maps Service 2.0 for older aerial photos of the area. If you are familiar with that site, suggest to try and look for old photos between 1945 & 1979, under 8000 ft.
I am trying to follow a series of 2000 ft photos dated 1979-08-02 and they all showed the original turns and bends of the streams around. Maybe you could use those as clues.
https://www.hkmapservice.gov.hk/OneStopSystem/home
Look under 'Product' -> 'Aerial photo and image product' -> 'setup criterior' then click Search.
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Thank you Thomas.I have…
Thank you Thomas.
I have tried to find some more relevant aerial photographs that would confirm the location of the buffalo hide picture but without any definite success.
However, in my copy of the excellent 'Hong Kong in Old Times' book (ISBN 962-567-185-4), I see on page 150 that there is another possible site (and perhaps a much more likely one) where I stood on the old Kam Tin road in 1957/8. It is immediately opposite the main gate into the camp - which is still used today. As with the location where my current pin is probably erroneously placed there is a footbridge on the left crossing the river. Of course, the once distinct river has now become a narrow and barely flowing backwater, hidden amongst the trees. I suggest that if several photographs taken by the unknown man in the early to mid 1950s were located somewhere to the North of the camp it is very likely that he and his pal simply left the camp by the main gate, as one would always do. Crossing the road they would see the narrow footbridge on the left of my colour photograph and walk further to the North to take some of the photographs. Does this make sense to you? If so, I am very tempted to move the pin to a spot just to the West of the main camp gate. This is now done and I am satisfied that the pin is in the correct place. Best wishes, Andrew