Woosung
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Woosung may refer to:
- WusongWusongWusong,Chinese: s , t , p Wúsōng. formerly Woosung, was a port town located fourteen miles downriver from Shanghai.The Battle of Woosung occurred on 16 June 1842 between British and Chinese forces during the First Opium War. It was the site of China's first telegraph wires and first railroad, both...
, an area of Shanghai formerly transliterated as Woosung - Woosung, IllinoisWoosung, IllinoisWoosung is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, U.S., and is located in the far southwestern part of the county, northwest of Dixon. Woosung was founded in June 1855 by 3 retiring sea captains. They named it after Wusong, China....
, a town in United States named after Wusong, China.