Lower Tamsui River Iron Bridge Kaohsiung Section (下淡水溪鐵橋高雄段) - Spectral Codex
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下淡水溪鐵橋高雄段

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Lower Tamsui River Iron Bridge Kaohsiung Section (下淡水溪鐵橋高雄段)

A massive iron railway bridge completed in 1914. After the war it was renamed the Gaoping Iron Bridge (高屏鐵橋). It was decommissioned in 1992 and declared a heritage structure in 1997. In the late 2000s a series of typhoons destroyed much of the central part of the old bridge, disconnecting the two sides from each other. Both ends of the bridge are parks open to the public with the Kaohsiung side formally known as Old Railway Bridge & Wetlands Ecological Park (舊鐵橋濕地生態公園).

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  • National Monument (國定古蹟)

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Series: Southern Taiwan Ride 2018

Dispatches from a weeklong bicycle trip around southern Taiwan in late 2018. I began the ride in Tainan, crossed into Qishan, headed into the mountainous interior as far as Liugui, did a loop through Pingtung, and finished around Zuoying, visiting the sites of nearly 25 old movie theaters. Many entries remain to be added; this series is far from over.

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Alexander Synaptic
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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.