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281 x 220 mm. View looking north along the Shanghai Bund from the bank of River Whangpoo. The clock tower of the Customs House can be seen above the trees lining the Bund in the left middleground.

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274 x 205 mm. View looking along the Bund, with the clock tower of the Customs House visible in the distance. The building in the immediate foreground is unidentified; the Shanghai Club is the next one along. All that can be seen of the building is the projecting central portion above the entrance, topped by a pediment.

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207 x 273 mm. View looking towards the east end of the Cathedral, with the tower and spire at the north east corner. Photograph by Sze Yuen Ming & Co.

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281 x 217 mm. View looking along the platform towards the brick built station, with passengers about to board a train. Although various railway schemes had been proposed from as far back as the 1860s, it was not until the end of 1895 that the Imperial authorities agreed to the building of a line between Shanghai and Soochow. The twelve miles from Shanghai to Woosung was opened for traffic in 1898.

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Landscape format.

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Landscape format. [Back view of statue on square with three storey buildings around].

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265 x 211 mm. View from the North Soochow Road (probably from the vicinity of the General Hospital) looking eastwards along the Soochow Creek towards the small bridge which joins the Chapoo Road and the Soochow Road. At the right on the far side of the Creek is the spire of the Union Church (opened in 1866 and enlarged in 1901).

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252 x 193 mm. View looking across a stretch of water (possibly the Soochow Creek) towards buildings raised on piles above the flow.

Scope and Contents 281 x 192 mm. View looking across the River Whangpoo towards the Bund and the British Concession on the farther bank. The British section of Shanghai was in the centre or west district to the north of the city. It was bounded on the south by the French Concession and on the north by the Soochow Creek, beyond which was the American Concession. The section of the Bund seen here stretches from the Customs House (the twin-gabled building with central clocktower at the extreme left of the print)...

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274 x 215 mm. View looking north along the Shanghai Bund, with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in the left foreground and the Customs House immediately beyond.

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[A misty scene with long shadows of bare trees on the pavement].

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Landscape format.

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281 x 218 mm. View looking towards the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity from the corner of Kiangse and Hankow Roads (the edge of the building seen at the left is part of the Municipal Council Offices). The view shows the east end of the Cathedral. The Cathedral, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, was erected with some modifications to his original plan (the chancel, for example, was shortened) in 1866-69. The spire, however, was not completed until 1892.

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275 x 216 mm. View of the east façade of the Cathedral from Kiangse Road, with the tower and spire at the right. A small part of the Kiukiang Road can be seen at the right of the print. See also Y3077C/25.

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[A brick building with clock tower].

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Landscape format. Formerly called the British Settlement.

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268 x 212 mm. View looking across the Whangpoo River and along the Shanghai Bund. For notes on the buildings along the waterfront, see Y30377C/13-17 and Y30383B.

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279 x 218 mm. View looking along the Yangste Poo Road towards the buildings of the Shanghai Waterworks Company. The main building in the foreground is a single storey structure with crenellations and squat towers at the corners, and a tall chimney at the far end. The reservoirs, not visible in this print, are at the farther side of this building.