Built around 1932 by the Taiwan Electric Power Company as one of Taipei’s secondary distribution substations, with the company emblem still affixed to the northwest corner of its pale-green façade. Taiwan Power Company still operates the station in Datong, Taipei, which serves roughly 9,500 households, and it was registered as a city monument in September 2019.
Map
Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Energy Industry in Taiwan (台灣能源業)
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Author
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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.