Historical Photographs of China

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P.A. Crush Chinese Railway Collection

The P.A. Crush Chinese Railway Collection consists of selected photographs from albums originally the property of Claude William Kinder, as well as photographs collected by Peter Crush. Kinder retired to England in 1909 after a career of over 30 years on Chinese railways, as Engineer-in-Chief and General Manager of Imperial Railways of North China. Only a selection of this collection is currently online - more to come. HPC refs: PC-s and PC27.

Chinese train passengers sheltering from the sun under umbrellas

Chinese train passengers sheltering from the sun under umbrellas

Train wrecked due to an explosion on a bridge, near Luanzhou

Train wrecked due to an explosion on a bridge, near Luanzhou

The Huanggutan Incident (assassination of Zhang Zuolin), near Shenyang

The Huanggutan Incident (assassination of Zhang Zuolin), near Shenyang

Entrance gate to Nankou Railway Hotel, with United States naval personnel

Entrance gate to Nankou Railway Hotel, with United States naval personnel

Armoured and camouflarged train, during the ‘Shanghai Incident’

Armoured and camouflarged train, during the ‘Shanghai Incident’

Tong King Sing, compradore, interpreter, businessman - and founder of the Kaiping Railway

Tong King Sing, compradore, interpreter, businessman - and founder of the Kaiping Railway

Hu Yufen, ‘Director-General’ of the China Railway Company and later of the Imperial Chinese Railways

Hu Yufen, ‘Director-General’ of the China Railway Company and later of the Imperial Chinese Railways

Claude William Kinder, English civil engineer

Claude William Kinder, English civil engineer

Baldwin 4-4-0 No.45 alongside 'Rocket of China', Tangshan

Baldwin 4-4-0 No.45 alongside 'Rocket of China', Tangshan

J.F. Huang and K.L. Wu, Telegraph Department

J.F. Huang and K.L. Wu, Telegraph Department

'Rocket of China', the first locomotive built in China

'Rocket of China', the first locomotive built in China

Mine workers (explosives team) at the Tangshan colliery

Mine workers (explosives team) at the Tangshan colliery