Talk:Waibaidu Bridge

message: In short -
* Name of the original bridge builder: Wills or Wales
* Corrobation for second Wales Bridge
* Pictures of Wales Bridge(s)
* Since when was the bridge called "Free Ferry Bridge"?
* Meaning of "Waibaidu Bridge"
* The main image says "Bridge seen from Oriental Pearl Tower"... can you see the Pearl Tower from the Pearl Tower? Is there a giant mirror opposite the bridge?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.47.198.162 (talk) 16:26, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked Chinese Wikipedia, and it seems to suggest that originally the bridge was called "wai baidu" as in "outer ferry crossing", but this changed to "foreign free cross" after it became free. But the CHinese wikipedia page also lacks sources :S. --Sumple (Talk) 01:56, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Research Issues

message: [1] and [4] claim the name "wai baidu" refers to the location of the bridge, the outermost ferry crossing. 
[3] claims that the name was only used for the bridges after 1873, which were free of charge for everyone and (supposedly) the outer bridge of the two bridges (Wills/Wales bridge and Garden Bridge). The former would make sense in light of the additional information of the 1873 bridge also being called "Free Ferry Bridge" ([1] and [2])
Other sources associate the name with the fact that only foreigners could cross for free, which would also fit the Chinese name for the Bund (Waitan=Foreigner's beach/water front).
--Bluebird47
: I checked Chinese Wikipedia, and it seems to suggest that originally the bridge was called "wai baidu" as in "outer ferry crossing", but this changed to "foreign free cross" after it became free. But the CHinese wikipedia page also lacks sources :S. --Sumple (Talk) 01:56, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The name "Waibaidu"

message: The coordinates need the following fixes:
* The marker is 500m out on Google Earth and something similar on Wikimapia.
The correct coordinates (derived from Google Earth) are 31deg 14' 42.70"N, 121deg 29'07.82"E, but I don't know how to convert these to the decimal format used in Wikipedia.
211.30.212.125 (talk) 11:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

message: Would be great to get an image of the LED lights.  Consider this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamhule/3972317028/ or this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyo02mel/3794146414/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.79.61 (talk) 04:26, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Image of LED lights

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