Introduction to Machang Road: Machang Road, formerly known as Machang Road, is the only road name still used in the Tianjin Concession and belongs to the British Concession in Tianjin. This street was built in 1901, with a total length of 3,410 meters. It is the earliest, widest and longest road built in the Wudao area. At the end of the 19th century, British businessmen built villas and a racecourse in the "Sheep Farm" area of ​​Tonglou. Later, they built a racecourse road to the east of the racecourse connecting the Qiangzi River in the British Concession. There are currently the former residence of Pan Fu, Prime Minister of the Republic of China (No. 2 Racecourse Road), the former site of Hong Kong Building (No. 10 Racecourse Road), the former residence of Wu Taixun, a senior KMT military agent (No. 16-18 Racecourse Road), and the former site of the French Mission Apartment Building (No. 26 Racecourse Road). - No. 40), the former residence of Xu Shizhang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Transport (No. 58 Racecourse Road), the former residence of industrialist Li Zhuchen (No. 102 Racecourse Road), the former residence of industrialist Song Peiqing (No. 116-118 Racecourse Road), the former site of Tianjin Technology and Business College (No. 116-118 Racecourse Road) No. 117-119 Racecourse Road), the former site of Dawenshi Building (No. 121 Racecourse Road), the former residence of Liu Guanxiong, Chief of the Navy of the Beiyang Government (No. 129 Racecourse Road), etc.

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