Workers for the Shanghai Electric Construction Co. Ltd. laying streetcar trolley rails on Nanjing Road

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Image ID	34520
Title	Workers for the Shanghai Electric Construction Co. Ltd. laying streetcar trolley rails on Nanjing Road
Year	1907
Date	1907
Estimated date	1907
Estimated period	Pre 1919
Location	Shanghai IS
Image information
Image type	Black and white photograph
Note(s)	PIN058 1907, workers for The Shanghai Electric Construction Co. Ltd. on Nanjing Road laying streetcar trolley rails. This was Shanghai’s first railed streetcar line, that ran mostly along the business street, from Jingan Temple to the Shanghai Club Building, a total of 6.04 kilometers, its main stop located at the Shanghai Club Building. (Photo source: Shanghai: 1842-2010, Portrait of a Great City Post Wave Publishing)
Keyword(s) [en]	worker ; trail ; trolley ; mud ; shop ; signboard ; store ; pole ; barrel ; shovel ; hat ; heat ; wood ; excavation ; dirt ;
URL	http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/pictures/photos-of-shanghai-during-the-first-half-of-the-20th-century.html
Environment
District Name	International Settlement - Central - Central
District type	commercial
Type of medium	Sign/Signboard, Flag/Banner
Materials	Wood, painting, cloth
Station	Front
Street 1	Nanking
Building	Shop
Estimated season	Summer
Estimated moment	day
People	Worker, elite men
Discourses
Language	Chinese

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