Water tower on Kiangse Road

Title : Water tower on Kiangse Road

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1880

Estimated dates : 1880-1899

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : he 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. The water tower exploited a waterworks from the Soochow creek.

Private Repository : IAO

Keywords : settlement;water;tower;waterworks

Keywords (fr) : concession;château d’eau;traitement des eaux

Street name : Kiangse