When Chee Hsin Cement created their power plant in 1906, they called it the “original power plant” (原动力厂), using a 1000-horsepower two-stage horizontal steam engine…
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When Chee Hsin Cement created their power plant in 1906, they called it the “original power plant” (原动力厂), using a 1000-horsepower two-stage horizontal steam engine…
My Yeye and Nainai, and the list kinship titles or filial terms: 爷爷 奶奶 – Yeye and Nainai:- paternal grandfather/mother 公公 婆婆 (外公,外婆) – Gonggong and…
China’s First Cement Company Chee Hsin 130 Years is sold on Amazon Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller. Most everyone has heard of America’s greatest industrialists, but who was…
15 Xinhua E Rd, Lubei, Tangshan, Hebei, China The official name is Tangshan Qixin Cement Industrial Museum (唐山启新水泥工业博物馆) but people call it the old fashion way:…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles. The border/trim was #121b or #171b. The central tiles were and 109/159, which is identical to my home, as well as…
Guanfang Hutong, Beijing This Chee Hsin cement tile was from Grandaunt Lily’s siheyuan in Beijing. The specs are 77/8″ square, 1″ thick and 3.85 pounds in…
After Chee Hsin and before the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) , there were seven other cement companies in China1: Year Name Location Capitala Outputb Equip.…
Zhou Xuexi (1866-1947) had created many enterprises and institutions. Year 年 Name 名字 1897 Kaiping Mines, Shanghai 开平矿务局, 上海 1898 Kaiping Mines, GM 开平矿务局, 总办…