Ship and Harbour

Hong Kong as it was then; and as it remains today, even though vastly changed. About mid-harbour, and on a line roughly between today’s Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry pier and Central, the Thomson portrayal looks about west-southwest – as does the 2015 image. Merchant vessels never moor in the central harbour today, but container barges regularly pass through. Are the nineteenth century ship’s masts half the height of the IFC? Or is this a trick of perspective?