Imperial Maritime Customs House (first building)

Title : Imperial Maritime Customs House (first building)

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai

Date (start) : 1857

Estimated dates : 1857-1891

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on print : (on the sign) Jiang hai daguan (江海大關)

Information data : Presumably, this is the building of the original Imperial Customs located north of the walled city. The customs eventually moved their headquarters to the north, in the English Settlement after the Small Sword Society uprising in 1855-1855.

Private Repository : IAO

Keywords : building;institution;Jiangdai daguan;customs;harbor

Keywords (fr) : bâtiment;institution;Jiangdai daguan;douanes;port

Street name : Bund