Hi Rob, any chance this map is a bit later than 1879? I thought the other buildings shown weren't as old as that, but we can adjust their dates if the map is definitely from 1879.
The details I have on the North Point Bty come from three separate files in the National Archives at Kew. These involve duplications and varying dates, so I can't specifically say that map itself is of 1879 vintage, as it was undated. I used it to show the position of the guns and battery in 1879, in relation to North Point, as other plans only cover the battery itself, with no surrounding features.
In an unrelated file, with a map dated 1911, North Point Bty has no guns noted, and the only other common feature to both is the Bay View Hotel. The Royal Dutch Petroleum site, Oil Tanks, and Metropole Hotel do not appear. Does that confirm or confuse?
Thanks for the extra info. The Royal Dutch site was built in the late 1890s, so the map must be from then or later. Though the configuration of the battery shown on the map (1x7" RML, 2x9"RML, 1 howitzer) matches the earliest days of the battery, so I don't have an explanation for that!
As the original map is undated I'll clear its date here too.
"The permanent battery erected at North Point has now been completed, and it is in contemplation to mount there, during the course of next week, 5 wrough-iron M. L. R. 7 inch 6 1/2 ton guns."
Between 1920 and 1922, the Government acquired the North Point Battery site from the War Department. During the construction of Fort Street, 2 cannons that had been left behind by the Army were found and now displayed in the HK Museum of Coastal Defence.
"any chance of getting it added to the list of places associated with this map?"
Hi Phil, you have the power!
Users who've logged in can add a Place to any photo, regardless of whether they uploaded the photo or not. See the second video at https://gwulo.com/node/37329 for a quick how-to.
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Date of map
Hi Rob, any chance this map is a bit later than 1879? I thought the other buildings shown weren't as old as that, but we can adjust their dates if the map is definitely from 1879.
Date of Map
The details I have on the North Point Bty come from three separate files in the National Archives at Kew. These involve duplications and varying dates, so I can't specifically say that map itself is of 1879 vintage, as it was undated. I used it to show the position of the guns and battery in 1879, in relation to North Point, as other plans only cover the battery itself, with no surrounding features.
In an unrelated file, with a map dated 1911, North Point Bty has no guns noted, and the only other common feature to both is the Bay View Hotel. The Royal Dutch Petroleum site, Oil Tanks, and Metropole Hotel do not appear. Does that confirm or confuse?
re: Date of Map
Thanks for the extra info. The Royal Dutch site was built in the late 1890s, so the map must be from then or later. Though the configuration of the battery shown on the map (1x7" RML, 2x9"RML, 1 howitzer) matches the earliest days of the battery, so I don't have an explanation for that!
As the original map is undated I'll clear its date here too.
Joss House
Would the Joss House be Lin Fa Kung? Position seems about right.
It the Tin Hau Temple
It's the Tin Hau Temple
Tin Hau temple
any chance of getting it added to the list of places associated with this map?
Completion of North Point Battery
China Mail dated 21 January 1882
"The permanent battery erected at North Point has now been completed, and it is in contemplation to mount there, during the course of next week, 5 wrough-iron M. L. R. 7 inch 6 1/2 ton guns."
Between 1920 and 1922, the Government acquired the North Point Battery site from the War Department. During the construction of Fort Street, 2 cannons that had been left behind by the Army were found and now displayed in the HK Museum of Coastal Defence.
re: Tin Hau Temple
"any chance of getting it added to the list of places associated with this map?"
Hi Phil, you have the power!
Users who've logged in can add a Place to any photo, regardless of whether they uploaded the photo or not. See the second video at https://gwulo.com/node/37329 for a quick how-to.
marvellous
well, colour me impressed. Just shows how much attention I pay sometimes.
Tin Hau Temple added.
Many thanks Herostratus and David