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Chen Lien Chong – Just in Case you Need a Fireproof Safe in Old Shanghai

Posted: May 20th, 2021 | No Comments »

With crime rates through the roof in 1930s/1940s Shanghai a fireproof safe was probably a good idea. Chen Lien Chong could provide – they were, in the late 1940s, on Pening Road (Eastern) – with the Nationalist road changes after 1943 that was one version of the former Peking Road (now Beijing Road) and would have been towards the Bund/Huangpu end of the street. The factory was at Honan Road (North) which is now Baoshan Road. Kun Luen Road has defeated me as well, so if anyone knows?



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