abroad. Layout The area was bound on the north by on the west by and on the east by a small creek. and divided the groups of factories from one another and were lined by retail stores selling a wide variety of Chinese goods. Peter Parker's hospital was located at Lane. The exact number of factories varied, but by the early 19th century it became stable at 17 or 18 including, from east to west: The Chow-Chow Factory was indirectly linked to the British East India Company. Legacy The former site of the thirteen factories is now part of the Cultural Park. Thirteen Factories Street, which ran north of the enclave, is now named Shisanhang (Thirteen Factories) Road. See also Canton System & Old China Trade Hong & Cohong Henan, Pazhou, Changzhou, & Xiaoguwei islands Dejima & Zaibatsu, Japanese equivalents Economy of China & the Economic history of imperial China Notes References Citations Bibliography . . . . . . . . External links . . . History of Guangzhou History of foreign trade in China Business families Foreign relations of the Qing dynasty Cantonese merchants Former neighborhoods