RNCWS at Port Island [????- ]

Submitted by wvmarle on Fri, 09/04/2015 - 23:36

Current condition

Ruin

The remains of a Royal Navy Coastal Watch Station can be found on Port Island. Amongst others the remains of a pier, a mostly complete concrete path leading from there up the hill, a small concrete water tank and a concrete platform are still there.

Part of the path is seriously overgrown, the end of the path is so overgrown it can not be found. Most of the path is in fairly good condition but sections have been destroyed by nature.

Photos that show this Place

2015

2015

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notes by W. Schofield (c. 1937)

We may not see any traces of dinosaurs on Port Island though. : )

If as Schofield put it some 90 years ago :

Leaving this fascinating island group by the often stormy
route past Conic island and Fung Head, we reach the mouth
of Taipo Harbour, with Kang Chau (a little rock built up
of volcanic ash beds), Grass Island, with the fishing village of
Tap Mun on it, and Port Island. This last island is uninhabited.

The islands in Taipo Harbour are mostly of sandstone and
shale, but are otherwise of little interest. They are Harbour
Island, Centre Island, and lastly, the island near Taipo station
where the District Officer, North, lives...

remarks : 'Kang Chau' may be Kung Chau Island by name now;

'Fung Head' may be Tai Long Tsui

source : Schofield, W., 1983, 'The Islands Around Hong Kong' in RASHK, Vol. 23 : p.110

Refer also :

more discussion details on RNCWS back in this 2015 post : https://gwulo.com/media/13597

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