One of six fan-shaped roundhouses built along the Western Trunk Line (縱貫線) in the steam era, alongside those at Taipei, Hsinchu, Changhua, Kaohsiung, and Kaohsiung Port. This depot served as the southern hub for steam locomotive maintenance from 1902. With the arrival of electric trains Taiwan Railways demolished the eight-stall structure in September 1994, making it the last fan-shaped roundhouse in Taiwan to be torn down.
Note: this location has vanished. Any information presented here is only for reference.
提醒：此地點已消失，本文僅供參考用途。
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
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- Miaoli Railway Museum (苗栗鐵道文物展示館)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.