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Share Certificate of the Chinese Engineering & Mining Co.

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2022-02-11 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2020

Share certificate issued by the Chinese Engineering & Mining Co. following the British incorporation of the company in the early 20th. Century

 

Brick Factory TongshanThe Far Eastern Review -Jul-1907

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2022-02-11 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1905

Photo of the Tongshan / Tangshan Brickworks , scanned from The Far Eastern Review.

Advert - Chinese Engineering & Mining Co. Industriies at Tangshan (Kaiping)

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2022-02-11 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

Advertisement in The Far Eastern Review 1909  - Colliery , brickworks and other industries of Kaiping 

KMA ( Kailan Mining Administration Brick)

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2022-02-11 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Photo of the of KMA brick from Wang Wei Collection

IRNC Brick manufactured by Chinese Engineering & Mining Co. c. 1900

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2022-02-11 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2020

Photo of IRNC Brick found in 2020

PMR Brick manufactured by CEMCo. c. 1915

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2022-02-11 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2020

Photo of  PMR ( Peking-Mukden Railway brick found in c. 2020

Chinese Brick Collection

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2022-02-11 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2020

Collection  of antique  bricks discoveed in recent years. Most made by the Chionese Engineering & Mining Company of Tangshan in the early 20th Century

Watertaxi.jpg

Submitted by Frank-Ulrich Gast on Wed, 2022-01-12 13:41

Dear community

I found this old watertaxi from Hong Kong on the flea market. It is named Argos 710. Does anyone have information about it? Cheers

Uli Gast

C133_Hankow_after_fire,_Oct._1906

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2022-01-04 22:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906

From Wiki Swire.

Text on Wiki Swire:

On the 14th October, 1906, Hankow was gutted by fire, whilst alongside the Canton Steamer Wharf at Hong Kong, as a result of a passenger's cooking stove overturning. One hundred and thirty people were killed in C.N.Co.’s worst-ever (non- wartime )disaster.

1906 Paddle Steamer "Hankow" Fire

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2022-01-04 22:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906

Paddle Steamer "Hankow" gutted by fire at the Hong Kong-Macau-Canton Steamboat Pier on 14 October 1906. 130 lives were lost.

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