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At the beginning of the 20th century, Dutch engineers worked on a project to remove sandbanks in the Huangpu River (formerly romanised as Whangpoo). After completion, ocean liners were able to reach Shanghai and the city was able to develop into the current metropolis. Many workers came from Werkendam. Nel van As wrote a book about these Werkendam workers, nicknamed 'mosquitos': "Meuzikken in Shanghai" (www.nelvanas.nl/shanghai.html). Many workers sent messages back home on colourful postcards, which give a view of the period when China was about to change from an empire into a republic.
Via Nel van As, Marius van den Heuvel's granddaughter, Mrs Bets Boxman-Ippel and her husband Kees gave me access to these photos.
Marius van den Heuvel made a voyage by boat to Shanghai via Alger, Genoa, Napoli, Port Said and Penang. Thirty years later, December 1938 to January 1939, Charles Gesner van der Voort made a similar voyage, arriving in Genoa by train (11 Dec) and from there to Port Said (15 Dec), Suez (16 Dec), Colombo (26 Dec), Singapore (1 Jan), Hong Kong (11 Jan) and Shanghai (16 Jan).

Taken on: January 1, 1908

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