A red-brick and stone pylon on the riverbed is all that remains of the original Houlong River Bridge (後龍溪橋), completed around 1903. The rest of the bridge was demolished in 1991, leaving only the No. 6 pylon as a reminder of the effort involved in spanning this river over a century ago. There is no obvious path from the north approach; visiting the site may entail some bushwhacking along the riverbed.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
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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.