Established by Chen Ancha (陳按察) in the Japanese colonial era, this was a rare example of a privately-owned brown sugar factory in the hills of eastern Tainan. It closed in the 1960s and was converted into a pig farm for a while, but the stench caused many issues for the townspeople, and this was eventually abandoned as well. Today you can still find the rusting hulks of machines in the jungle around here, plus a broken chimney.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Sugar Industry in Taiwan (台灣糖業)
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- Dongyuan Theater (東原戲院)
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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.