Buildings On The Bund (Waitan), Shanghai (3)

Block Four

No. 7 – Great Northern Telegraph Building | 大北电报公司大楼

Rebuilt in 1907.

Past: Danish Great Northern Telegraph Company, the earliest commercial telegraph services provider in China

Now: Bangkok Bank, the largest commercial banks in Thailand (since 1995)

In-between: Commercial Bank of China (No.6 on the Bund), 长江航运管理局 (later split into 长江航务管理局 and 长江轮船总公司, more on the reformation)

No. 9 –  China Shipping Merchant Company | 轮船招商局

Built in 1901.

Past: China Shipping Merchant Company (bought in 1891)

Now: China Merchants Group (parent group of companies including China Merchants Bank)