Wusong
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Wusong 吴淞区 | |||||||||
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Subdistrict of China | |||||||||
1980–1988 | |||||||||
Location of Wusong on Shanghai. | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1980 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1988 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Part of the Baoshan District , Shanghai |
Wusong | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Wúsōng |
Wade–Giles | Wu-sung |
Wusong,
Name
Wusong is named for the Wusong River, a former name for Shanghai's Suzhou Creek. Suzhou Creek is now a tributary to the Huangpu River, emptying into it in Puxi across from Lujiazui and just north of the Bund. The Huangpu had previously been a tributary to the Wusong, but the two reversed their importance when a flood caused it to gain a number of the Wusong's former tributaries. The location where the Huangpu and Wusong meet was generally known as Wusongkou ("mouth of the Wusong"). As a result of an American railroader visiting the area in his sea captain days, it would also become the namesake for an unincorporated community in southwestern Ogle County, Illinois, northwest of Dixon.
History
Wusong housed a
The
Wusong became a district of Shanghai, before it was abolished in 1988 and incorporated into
Landmarks
The Wusung Radio Tower is a 321 metres tall guyed mast situated at Wusong near Shanghai. The Wusung Radio Mast was built in the 1930s and was at the time of inauguration the world's second-tallest architectural structure after the Empire State Building.[7]
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d Sladen (1895), p. 278.
- ^ "Shanghai 1937 – Where World War II Began". SHANGHAI 1937: WHERE WORLD WAR II BEGAN. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Chen, C. Peter. "Wong Sun-sui a.k.a. John Huang Xinrui". WW2DB. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
Huang Xinrui flying in his Boeing P-26 Model 281 scored a kill over a Nakajima A4N during the Wusongkou counterattack; near Chongming Island.
- ^ Republic of China Air Force, Taiwan, ROC. "Martyr Qin Jia-zhu". air.mnd.gov.tw. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
Lt. Qin Jiazhu flying in his Boeing P-26 Model 281 was shot down and killed in the tense dogfight over Wusongkou on 23 August 1937.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Chen, C. Peter. "Capt. Liu Cuigang". WW2DB. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
Capt. Liu Cuigang flying in his Curtiss Hawk III shot down an Imperial Japanese Navy A4N fighter, but the badly damaged Japanese fighter managed to return for a safe landing on Ryujo.
- ^ "上海地名志 总述" (in Chinese). Office of Shanghai Chronicles. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ISBN 3-910143-85-7
Sources
- Sladen, Douglas (1895), "Bits of China", The Japs at Home (5th ed.), New York, NY: New Amsterdam Book Co., pp. 276–354.
See also
- Woosung, Illinois
- Woosung Road
- Wenzaobang, also known as Wusong Creek
- Suzhou Creek, formerly known as the Wusong River