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American ambassadorial presence began in earnest in 1862 with the establishment of the American legation in Beijing, and a consul was established in Tianjin in 1866. [3] With the American government preoccupied mainly with economic matters in Japan and the American Philippines, [4] governance of the settlement relied largely on the actions of ...
Postcard from the American concession c. 1900 Troops of the 15th Infantry on parade, 1931. The United States never requested or received a concession in Tianjin, but a de facto concession was administered from 1869 to 1880, principally under the aegis of the British mission. In 1902, the informal American territory became part of the British ...
"Treaties of Tianjin, 1858 and 1860", 600 Years of Urban Planning in and around Tianjin, Cornell University, 2004, archived from the original on 2010-06-21. Reed, William Bradford ; et al. (18 June 1858), Treaty of Peace, Amity, and Commerce between the United States of America and China , Tianjin {{ citation }} : CS1 maint: location missing ...
Tianjin is located on the west coast of the Bohai Gulf; the provinces of Shandong and Liaoning are located across those waters. The city is bordered by Beijing, which is 120 kilometers (75 mi) to the northwest. Tianjin is surrounded on all sides by Hebei, with the exception of its eastern border, which is the Bohai Sea. With a latitude ranging ...
The Bridges of Tianjin (in Chinese): The architectural history of bridges at Tianjin is a notable aspect of the history of Tianjin's economic development. The pontoon bridge used during the Qing period, the first steel bridge “Da Hong Bridge” constructed in 1888, and the much more recently built overpass bridge all witness the development ...
Timeline of pre–United States history; Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819) Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899) Timeline of the history of the United States (1900–1929)
The earliest events of Beijing's history are shrouded in ... Tianjin-Lugouqiao Railway, was built from 1895 to 1897 with ... a Communist and an American ...
Notable events included the seizure of the Dagu Forts commanding the approaches to Tianjin and the boarding and capture of four Chinese destroyers by British Commander Roger Keyes. Among the foreigners besieged in Tianjin was a young American mining engineer named Herbert Hoover , who would go on to become the 31st President of the United States.