A tunnel built by IJN engineers around 1943 to transport water to a purification plant just west of the hills at the margins of Dashu. This water was ultimately consumed by naval facilities along the coastline in Kaohsiung. The tunnel, which houses a metal pipeline, was lost for decades but recently rediscovered by hikers and history enthusiasts. A trail leading from Shuiguan Road (水管路) leads most of the way to the east entrance but you’ll have to cut right at some point to find it. Over the east entrance are the characters for pure and cool (清冽) while the west entrance is inscribed with crystal clear (明澄).
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- Der-Tzong Liaw & Chi-Ching Kuo, Kaohsiung Naval Waterways During World War 2, 2020 廖德宗，郭吉清，《二戰時期高雄海軍水道踏查》，2020
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
- Waterworks in Taiwan (台灣水道)
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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.