Bengbu: the railway bridge that made a crossing a city
The 1911 Jinpu bridge joined an engineering project to the growth of a Huai River settlement; its layered repairs record a contested crossing.
The 1911 Jinpu railway bridge marks how a crossing changed the scale of settlement.
The 1911 Jinpu railway bridge turned a Huai River crossing into a major point on the north–south rail line and helped shape Bengbu’s growth.
The 1911 Jinpu bridge joined an engineering project to the growth of a Huai River settlement; its layered repairs record a contested crossing.