Category: Empire on Railways*
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Foreign Built Railways in China
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M077 Creator: Andrew Lee ’19 Chemistry At the start of the 1900s, there was a scramble to build railroads in imperial China by the major European powers to earn money, gain provisional control, and extract riches from the surrounding areas. This model proved incredibly successful for the British and Germans, with their…
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The Kowloon-Canton Railway
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M076 Creator: Chunhao Liu ’20 History The Kowloon-Canton Railway (1910-2007) was the most important rail network in south China, constructed to facilitate trade between Canton and Hong Kong. Its completion in 1910 marked the beginning of the passenger interaction between Canton and Hong Kong through the railroad. This map depicted different patterns…
