In May 1912, railroad engineer Jeme Tien Yow was made head of the Wuhan-Guangzhou railway association by the Beiyang Government.
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Early formulations of plans for a railway bridge over the Yangtze at Wuhan were put forward by Zhang Zhidong in the late 19th century.
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The earliest designs for the bridge were modeled after the Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, which had been completed in 1890.
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Wuhan lies at the heart of Central China and is a hub from transportation between the ancient Chinese heartland in northern China and the trading ports of Guangzhou and Hong Kong in southern China.
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