Standard Oil Company holding tank set on fire by a Qing navy shell

Standard Oil Company holding tank set on fire by a Qing navy shell

Identifier

WS01-087

Notes

University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: WS01-087.  Tan Shui Chih, near Kilometre Ten.

Caption in album or on mount

One of Standard Oil Co's tanks at Tan Shui Chih (nr. Kil. 10) set on fire by shell from Imperialist cruiser.

Location

Wuhan

Date

November 1911

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph