P26394 Watertower on Kiangsi Road 1890 1900

Title : P26394 Watertower on Kiangsi Road 1890 1900

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1890

Estimated dates : 1890-1900

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : The SMC in 1880 contracted with Drysdale, Ringer & Co. to lay the pipelines and build the waterworks, including the tower. Operations began in April 1883, according to Hawks Pott, p. 109.

Keywords : water;tower;building;utility;waterworks

Street name : Kiangse