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Photos by author: G Warren Swire

Year Title
1919 View over Braemar Reservoir
View over Braemar Reservoir

1919 Happy Valley Racecourse
Happy Valley Racecourse

1919 North Point Store
North Point Store

1919 North Point Store
North Point Store

1919 Inside the North Point Store
Inside the North Point Store

1919 Taikoo Sugar Refinery Foreign Houses
Taikoo Sugar Refinery Foreign Houses

1919 Taikoo Sugar Refinery Village
Taikoo Sugar Refinery Village

1919 Taikoo Sugar Refinery Recreation Club
Taikoo Sugar Refinery Recreation Club

1919 Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company Gatehouse
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company Gatehouse

1919 Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company Gas Plant and Power House
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company Gas Plant and Power House

1919 Holts Wharf back
Holts Wharf back

1919 Holts Wharf No. 6
Holts Wharf No. 6

1923 Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company housing, Hong Kong
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company housing, Hong Kong

1924 Construction at Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Hong Kong
Construction at Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Hong Kong

1924 Reclamation at Quarry Bay
Reclamation at Quarry Bay

1924 View up the valley behind Quarry Bay
View up the valley behind Quarry Bay

1924 Hong Kong harbour
Hong Kong harbour

1924 Taikoo Sugar Refinery housing
Taikoo Sugar Refinery housing

1924 Taimoshan, Hong Kong, 1923-1924
Taimoshan, Hong Kong, 1923-1924

1924 Pylons for the Taikoo Aerial Ropeway
Pylons for the Taikoo Aerial Ropeway

1924 Panorama looking across the reclamation towards Taikoo Sugar Refinery
Panorama looking across the reclamation towards Taikoo Sugar Refinery

1924 Panorama looking east towards Lei Yue Mun pass
Panorama looking east towards Lei Yue Mun pass

1924 Taimoshan, Hong Kong
Taimoshan, Hong Kong

1924 Excursion in Taimoshan, Hong Kong
Excursion in Taimoshan, Hong Kong

1924 Golf in Fanling, Hong Kong, 1923-1924
Golf in Fanling, Hong Kong, 1923-1924

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