Kaiping

Kaiping (118.30E 39.70N) was a north China coal mine producing about 4.4 million tons a year.  First opened in 1878, it was a major source of coking coal for Japan's steel industry during the war.

Rail connections

Tientsin

Luanchow

References

Cohen (1949)

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