Tag: Beijing-Hankou Railway (China)*
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Major Railroads in the Second Sino-Japanese War
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M094 Creator: Andrew Hodge ’22 Mechanical Engineering In 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War began in China. Railways played a pivotal role for the Chinese military to transport troops across China’s extensive land mass. But as the Japanese military progressed, they began to control areas of track that were then used for their…
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Shi Jiazhang and Its Strategic Location
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M085 Creator: Tianyao Zhao ’19 Environmental Health Once merely a small village located in the north China, Shijiazhuang’s fate vastly changed after becoming the interception point of two of the earliest railway in China, the Jing-Han line and Zheng-Tai line. Coal was carried on the trains, and factories were built along the…