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Old Picture of Qianmen 前门

Old Pictures of Qianmen 前门 - 老图片

Qianmen Dajie in the 1950s. The trolleys were built in 1924 and removed in the early 1960s. Some of the trolley lines still exist. Plans to remove them have been put on hold since it finally occurred to people that they are the environmentally friendly alternative to the bus.











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