Volatilising furnace, New Wah Chang Co., Hsi Kwan Shan (Xi guan shan?), Hong Kong

Volatilising furnace, New Wah Chang Co., Hsi Kwan Shan (Xi guan shan?), Hong Kong

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Tr01-004. Hsi-Kwan-Shan may have been a romanisation of 西關山 ('Xi guan shan'). The New Wah Chang Co. may be connected to the Wah Chang Corporation, an American company in the metal industry founded in 1916 by the mining engineer Kuo-Ching Li, who became known as the ‘Tungsten King’. For more on the Wah Chang Corporation see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Chang_Corporation. For more on Kuo-Ching Li see https://mininghalloffame.org/inductee/li. See Tr02-168 (another print).

Caption in album or on mount

VOLATILISING FURNACE, NEW WAH CHANG CO. / HSI-KWAN-SHAN, 1923.

Location

Hong Kong

Date

1923

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph