Xugezhuang is a former village (Chinese

Chinese language

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: t , s , p

Pinyin

Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...

Xūgèzhuāng) and modern town

Town (China)

When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...

  of Fengnan District

Fengnan District

-Administrative Divisions:Subdistricts:*Xugezhuang Subdistrict Towns:*Fengnan Town , Daodi , Qianying , Tangfang , Huanggezhuang , Xige , Xiaoji , Wanglanzhuang , Daxinzhuang , Liushuquan , Binhai , Heiyanzi , Daqigezhuang Townships:*Nansunzhuang Township , Dongtianzhuang Township , Jianzigu...

 in Hebei

Hebei

' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...

, China.

It was the terminus of the second railway to be constructed in China after the abortive Woosung Railway in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

. The six-mile Kaiping Tramway opened to traffic in 1881 and ran from the colleries at Tangshan

Tangshan

"唐山"redirects here. For an alternative name of China, see Names of China#TangTangshan is a largely industrial prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has become known for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and killed at least...

 to Xugezhuang (then known as Hsuokochuang), whence a canal connected it to Lutai

Lutai

Lutai was a small settlement on the Pei Ho in Zhili, China. It was the terminus for the Lutai Canal and the first extension of the Kaiping Tramway....

 and the river network between Beijing

Beijing

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 and Tianjin

Tianjin

' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

. It eventually grew into the Imperial Railways of North China and the modern Jingshan and Jingha Railways.