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Shanghai old buildings on the list
By:Zheng Qian  |  From:english.eastday.com  |  2018-01-04 10:37

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Sihang Warehouse

Located in the south of the original Zhabei District, and on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, Sihang Warehouse is a warehouse-style construction. Covering an area of 0.3 hectares, the six-story concrete building was built in 1931 and was the then biggest construction in the district.

|[!--empirenews.page--]|/build/eastday/eastday2015/Pictures/n917688/index.html[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|The warehouse was used as a fortified basein 1937 when Shanghai and its adjacent areas were turned into a bloody battlefield.It was transformed into Sihang Warehouse Battle Memorialto commemorate the battle of Songhu, the largest battle waged during the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|http://sh.eastday.com/m/20180103/u1a13558150.html