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8235.k.6(2)
- Record Id:
- 040-003234849
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003234847
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026869721.0x0004f8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 8235.k.6(2)
- Title:
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Arrival of the first locomotive in China. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Group of Chinese labourers and two European engineers, posed in front of the small 'Pioneer' locomotive: 'The Chinese have always been very skilful in carrying heavy loads by manual labour...The 'Pioneer,' weighing 26 cwt. empty, was carried by sixteen men, as depicted in the photograph, a distance of three furlongs without stopping to draw breath...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003234847
040-003234849 - Is part of:
- 8235.k.6 : Remunerative railways for new countries; with some account of the first railway in China. Photographer(s): Unknown
8235.k.6(2) : Arrival of the first locomotive in China. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003234847[0002]/040-003234849
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 8235.k.6
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photomechanical Print
Woodburytype - Start Date:
- 1875
- End Date:
- 1876
- Date Range:
- 1875-1876
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 94 mm x 117 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Construction of the Shanghai-Wusong Railway, 1876
Rail Transport
Railway Engineers
Railway Locomotives
Railway Staff
Railway Vehicles
Railway construction
Transportation - Places:
- Wusong, Shanghai, China