A Big Ben with Chinese characteristics: the Customs House as urban icon in Old and New Shanghai

A Big Ben with Chinese characteristics: the Customs House as urban icon in Old and New Shanghai

A huge clock, made at Whitechurch by Messrs. J. B. Joyce and Co … has been sent to Shanghai, for the new Chinese Maritime Customs House. The clock, weighing nearly 30 tons, will probably be the Big Ben of the Far East.

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Veröffentlicht in:Urban history 2006-05, Vol.33 (1), p.65-84
1. Verfasser: WASSERSTROM, JEFFREY N.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Architecture
Buildings
Bunds
Cities
Clock towers
Commercial buildings
Custom houses
Fame
Guidebooks
High rise buildings
Modernity
Residential buildings
Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China
Urban Areas
Urban history
Waterfronts
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Zusammenfassung:A huge clock, made at Whitechurch by Messrs. J. B. Joyce and Co … has been sent to Shanghai, for the new Chinese Maritime Customs House. The clock, weighing nearly 30 tons, will probably be the Big Ben of the Far East.
ISSN:0963-9268
1469-8706
DOI:10.1017/S096392680600352X