Seonyudo Park - historical - 2005 June 6 various - 03

Seonyudo () is an island in the Han River in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea. There is a Seonyudo park all over the island. The total area of the island is 0.11 km². Seonyudo Park is an ecological park that meets the Yanghwa Bridge.

History

Seonyudo was a small mountain called Seonyubong.But, when Japanese colonial era, they were cut off, collecting rocks to stop the flood and pave the way. With the construction of the Yanghwa Bridge from June 1962 to January 1965, Seonyubong completely disappeared. From 1978 to 2000, Seonyudo was used as a water filtration plant to supply tap water to the southwestern part of Seoul. In December 2000, Seonyudo water filtration plant was closed and then a park was set up. On April 26, 2002, it opened as a public park, Seonyudo Park.

Composition

*Han River exhibit hall: The exhibition hall displays photos and videos showing history and four seasons of the Han River. *Water purification plant: Water purification plants were made by recycling past Seonyudo water filtration plant. It uses

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to purify water and supplies water to various facilities in the park. *Water playground: The water playground uses water from the water purification plant. The water is shallow(15 cm) so that children can play safe. *Garden of green column: The garden is where the columns are left to show the vestiges of the reservoir that used to hold water and an

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is growing on the columns.

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Park
Parks in Seoul Geography of Yeongdeungpo District Islands of the Han River (Korea) Islands of Seoul {{Seoul-geo-stub