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There are no records of the establishment, demarcation, or even purchase of the American concession in Tianjin in 1860. This is supported by an 1896 statement from U.S. Secretary of State Richard Olney to Charles Denby Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Peking: "There is no record the United States has accepted the concession (in Tianjin)". [2]
The International Bridge, or Settlement Bridge, built in 1927, was a movable bridge and one of the historical landmarks in Tianjin. The Banque de l'Indochine Building on Rue de France, built in 1912 The Gulf Building (or Po Hai Building), built in 1937, was the tallest building in Tientsin before the 1960s.
The walled city of Tianjin was built in 1404. ... 1913 map of Tianjin. ... Tianjin was listed as one of the 14 coastal open cities by the State Council and the ...
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Former Wilhelm Street. Pelldram's drafted plans for the German concession included a small section under the British concession, present-day Xiaobailou Subdistrict. [2] The US consul in Tianjin at the time, Charles Denby Jr., protested, claiming that the district was under American jurisdiction, granted to the US for its role as mediator during the Convention of Peking in 1860.
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