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

Collection

Identifier

PC27-025

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PC27-025. This picture shows on the right, the first locally built engine ‘Rocket of China’. On the left is Baldwin 4-4-0 No. 45 which was imported from USA in 1897. Photograph taken outside a locomotive shed at Tongshan works, c.1898. The figure standing at the front of the engine is believed to be G. D. Churchward, who was Locomotive Superintendent until 1898. See PC27-296.

Caption on photograph

THE FIRST AND LATEST ENGINES BUILT IN CHINA / BY THE PEKING MUKDEN RAILWAY TONGSHAN WORKS

Location

Tangshan

Estimated Date

1898

Material

Digital

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

P.A. Crush Chinese Railway Collection