Saigon, July 2012 - The old Ogliastro warehouse at 132 Bến Vân Đồn, District 4, and the same location today, now occupied by the Millennium Masteri apartment building (28 October 2020)
Louis Ogliastro was one of the partners in the Société générale des tramways à vapeur de Cochinchine, which in 1881 built and operated the first (“high road”) steam tramway from Saigon to Chợ Lớn. He is best known for his import-export business, but his company also entered into a lucrative partnership with the Société immobilière Hui Bon Hoa, setting up pawn shops in towns all over Cochinchina.
Saigon, July 2012 - The old Ogliastro warehouse at 132 Bến Vân Đồn, District 4, and the same location today, now occupied by the Millennium Masteri apartment building (28 October 2020)
Louis Ogliastro was one of the partners in the Société générale des tramways à vapeur de Cochinchine, which in 1881 built and operated the first (“high road”) steam tramway from Saigon to Chợ Lớn. He is best known for his import-export business, but his company also entered into a lucrative partnership with the Société immobilière Hui Bon Hoa, setting up pawn shops in towns all over Cochinchina.