{"id":29174,"date":"2017-09-09T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T22:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzcfs.adminmouse.co.nz\/?p=29174"},"modified":"2017-11-15T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T03:08:35","slug":"hongkou-fire-station-shanghai-rewi-alleys-first-workplace-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/hongkou-fire-station-shanghai-rewi-alleys-first-workplace-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Hongkou Fire Station, Shanghai – Rewi Alley’s first workplace in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rewi Alley’s China<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Beijing<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shanghai<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Hubei province<\/a>\u00a0> Shaanxi province<\/a> >\u00a0Gansu province<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Shandan<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Lanzhou<\/a>\u00a0><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hongkou Fire Station, Shanghai. Rewi Alley’s first workplace in Shanghai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Location:<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0 Hongkou Fire Station, 560 WuSong Lu, Shanghai<\/p>\n

Google Earth view:\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

GPS co-ordinates:<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0N 3115.267\u00a0 E 121 28.972<\/p>\n

Cost:<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0No cost<\/p>\n

Access:<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0 Can be viewed from the street\u00a0 – there is no plaque here to Rewi Alley.<\/p>\n

The nearest Metro station is Sichuan Road North<\/em><\/strong>, on Line 10<\/strong>.\u00a0 It is a 5 minute walk to\u00a0the fire station.<\/p>\n

Buses #18, 123, 145, and 167 also pass near here.<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 None<\/p>\n

Background:<\/h3>\n

This fire station was the location where Rewi started working within a week of his arrival in Shanghai on 21 April 1927. \u00a0He worked there as a fireman until 1930 when he got a job as Municipal Factory Inspector and he still worked out of the fire station 1930-1932. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1932, he \u201cgraduated\u201d from being a fireman, and he\u00a0became Chief Factory Inspector in the Industrial Division of the Shanghai Municipal Council\u00a0(presumably based in the City Council offices). \u00a0He also moved his abode to Building 4, 1315 Yuyuan Rd, Shanghai \u00a0[Source: Rewi Alley, An Autobiography<\/i>].<\/i><\/p>\n

Incidentally, in 2017,\u00a0they still have Rewi Alley’s\u00a0helmet!\u00a0<\/p>\n