simtang Sat, 09/23/2023 - 10:16 oldernewer captured from film flight to hong kong_1956 Date picture taken 1956 Tags telephone film still Flight to Hong Kong Shows place(s) Junction of Hennessy Road and Arsenal Street [????- ] Rediffusion Building [1949-c.1966] Junction of Queen's Road East and Hennessy Road [????- ] Log in or register to post comments Comments I think this was taken a… I think this was taken a little bit further west near the junction of Hennessy & QRE. Here's a view showing that area with the telephone box: 1950s Hennessy Rd / Queens Road East Junction, by Admin I wonder if the structure behind the telephone box was one of the emergency water tanks? https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/15963/photos Log in or register to post comments Queen's Road East Yes,this is the corner of QRE and Hennessy. Log in or register to post comments Water Tank(s) - 1960s Maps Very likely a water tank. It is marked "tank" as well as another one opposite the Chinese Methodist Church on Hennessy Road on the 1960 map at: https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html Log in or register to post comments
I think this was taken a… I think this was taken a little bit further west near the junction of Hennessy & QRE. Here's a view showing that area with the telephone box: 1950s Hennessy Rd / Queens Road East Junction, by Admin I wonder if the structure behind the telephone box was one of the emergency water tanks? https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/15963/photos Log in or register to post comments
Water Tank(s) - 1960s Maps Very likely a water tank. It is marked "tank" as well as another one opposite the Chinese Methodist Church on Hennessy Road on the 1960 map at: https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html Log in or register to post comments
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I think this was taken a…
I think this was taken a little bit further west near the junction of Hennessy & QRE. Here's a view showing that area with the telephone box:
I wonder if the structure behind the telephone box was one of the emergency water tanks? https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/15963/photos
Queen's Road East
Yes,this is the corner of QRE and Hennessy.
Water Tank(s) - 1960s Maps
Very likely a water tank. It is marked "tank" as well as another one opposite the Chinese Methodist Church on Hennessy Road on the 1960 map at: https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html