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    Shanghai Manholes
    Shanghai Manholes
    Shanghai Manholes
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    Shanghai Manholes

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    While many have dedicated much time and energy to showcasing the buildings and historical sites of the former International Settlement and French Concession in Shanghai, the purpose of this book is to highlight the forgotten remnants of infrastructure – still dotting the streets – originally installed by the foreign powers that once called Shanghai home.

    Since the ending of foreigner controlled concessions in mainland China in the1940s and the reversal of colonialism, Shanghai’s – despite the passage of time, governments, world and civil war, national reclusiveness and “opening up”, rapid development and modernization – former infrastructure, build and maintained by the city’s pervious foreign landlords, can still be found throughout the old boundaries of the concessions.

    In many cases these pieces of infrastructure still furnish the English language markings inscribed by Shanghai’s former administrators and they serve as reminders that amidst Shanghai’s new sheen of steal and modern skyscrapers that the city has an international, rich and colorful history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShanghai.Manholes
    Release dateFeb 17, 2013
    ISBN9781301096954
    Shanghai Manholes
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    Shanghai.Manholes

    A history buff with a soft spot for Shanghai. I have also published some of the datasets I have compiled on Shanghai's Manholes and Hydrants from pre-world war annual reports using Tableau Public. The link is on this page.

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      Book preview

      Shanghai Manholes - Shanghai.Manholes

      Shanghai Manholes

      A modern rambling about Shanghai’s still very present former infrastructure.

      By

      Todd C. Lowe

      Shanghai Manholes

      Todd C. Lowe

      Copyright 2013 by Todd Lowe

      Smashwords Edition

      An associate or myself took all photos in this book unless otherwise stated.

      ISBN: 9781301096954

      Title: Shanghai Manholes

      Author: Todd Lowe

      Publisher: Smashwords, Inc.

      The information and pictures in the book are also available at: http://shanghai-manholes.blogspot.com

      Official announcement of the launch of the blog:

      Attention fellow manhole-loving comrades:

      No longer will you have to spend hours prowling the Internet or streets looking for manholes in Shanghai.

      Now Shanghai's best manholes (-covers, fire hydrants & other random bits of infrastructure left behind by the foreign governments that started this city in the 19th century) can be found on one – damn sexy – free website.

      That's right! Shanghai-Manholes.blogspot.com is revved-up and ready to be taken for a ride. The site is stuffed full of hot pictures of manholes (-covers, fire hydrants & other random bits of infrastructure) along with information (it's all about the articles, right?) on why and who put them their in the first place.

      You wanted manhole and now you got it.

      Enjoy,

      --Todd

      Table of Contents

      Introductions

      The International Settlements of Shanghai

      The Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council

      French Concession or La Concession Française de Shanghai [Changhai]

      Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ltd.

      Shanghai Telephone Company

      Shanghai Power Company

      Shanghai Gas Co., Ltd.

      Yesterday’s Tombstones in Today's Shanghai Parks

      Introduction

      While many have dedicated much time and energy to showcasing the buildings and historical sites of the former International Settlement and French Concession in Shanghai, the purpose of this book is to highlight the forgotten remnants of infrastructure – still dotting the streets – originally installed by the foreign powers that once called Shanghai home.

      Since the ending of foreigner controlled concessions in mainland China

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