Paul Blanchy Street
(Haï Ba Trung)
Paul Blanchy (1837-1901), son of a merchant from Bordeaux, moved to Indochina in 1871 and developed pepper farming.
He was elected the first mayor of Saigon, from 1895 to 1901, having been president of of the Colonial Council of Cochin-China in 1873. Saigon was the only city in colonial Vietnam to have an elected mayor.
Tân Dinh Market
The market was built in 1926-1927 by Société d' Études et de Constructions (SIDEC).
Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina "BGI"
At 6, Paul Blanchy Street
Saigon
Tel : 20.311 et Ca : 528
Products manufactured: Ice, Beer, Soft Drinks.
Branches : Saigon - Cholon - Phnom Penh - Hanoi - Haiphong.
Manager: Mr. H. Murtin
B.G.I. will cease its activities in Indochina in 1976 to settle in North Africa and Southern Africa.
The « Brasseries et Glacières d'Indochine » (Breweries and Ice-Houses
of Indochina) which made the famous “Larue” and “33” export beers.
At the end of the 19th century, a demobilized top sergeant of the French Army took up beer-making in Saigon by joining a brewer from Hanoi, a certain Hommel, to found the Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina, (BGI).
After the death of its founder, The Denis Brothers, the company of the four brothers from Bordeaux which had been in Saigon since 1862, took over the business. Over 4000 persons worked for BGI until 1975.
Larue and "33" Export Biers
Le Corsica 
20, Paul Blanchy Street
Rickshaw in Paul Blanchy Street Les Caves du Sahel
S. Crisias & F. Pettinato Khinh - Ky
Grocery
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Quai de la Marne Indochina manufacturer of Juan Bastos
Indochina manufacturer of Juan Bastos cigarettes and tobacco, supplier to the French, Spanish, Tunisian, and Moroccan administration Juan Bastos cigarettes
Forges Ateliers & Chantiers d'Indochine (FACI)
Headquarters : Marne Embankment (Quai de la Marne) |
The French Indochina Tramway Company
CFTI
138, Paul Blanchy Street
Saigon
In 1913, the FITC electrified the Saigon-Cholon tram line from the lower road to the markes at Binh Tay. In 1939 the FITC thus had a network of about one hundred kilometers, about three-quarters electrified.
The entire network was powered by three substations.
The FITC used electric railcars with bogies and overhead power supply. They could pull 4 to 5 cars.
The tram line ran chaotically during the Japanese occupation.
The Saigon-Cholon line would run again from 1946 to 1956, the date at which the FITC would shut down.
In 2008 work is in progress to rebuild new tram lines in the city of Saigon.
Quai de Belgique Descours & Cabaud
Importer of manufactured products, French Commercial Company of Indochina.
Rice – Corn – Pepper – Kapok. Diethelm
Diethelm & Company Louis Ogliastro & Co
Company founded in 1875 Chaigneau Street Caffa
The paper specialists of Indochina Lê Loi Street Albatros (Paint)
Headquarters : |
Filipini Street SIT (ITC)
Chrysler - Plymouth - Fargo - Frère Louis Street Air Outre Mer (Overseas Air)
Formerly C.A.T.I. "Compagnie Aérienne de Transports Indochinois et Africains" (Indochina and African Air Transport Company).
Barracks
French Army quartering in 1953 on Louis Brother Street. Misetal
Dyna - Panhard Dealer Pellerin Street Printing Kim Son
100, Pellerin Street Ancien Établissements Eiffel
Agency in Indochina : |
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