Three ROCAF military dependents’ villages of around 260 households near the junction of Yanping Road (延平路) and Jingguo Road (經國路) in Hsinchu, an area residents knew as Sanchang (三廠), or “third factory”. The name came with families of the 8th Group who had first lodged in a Japanese naval aircraft repair depot at Shulintou; all three villages were cleared and their residents rehoused in Dapeng New City (大鵬新城) on the site of No. 18.
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Points
- Air Force No. 17 Village (空軍十七村)—Vanished (已消失)
Established in 1949 for 100 households of the 8th and 11th groups in warehouses left behind by the Japanese. Part of the village was merit housing (戰功宿舍) that decorated airmen built themselves with an air force grant; the site remains vacant into the 2020s.
- Air Force No. 18 Village (空軍十八村)—Vanished (已消失)
Established in 1949 for 71 households of the 8th Group. Its site was redeveloped as Dapeng New City (大鵬新城), which rehoused residents of all three villages.
- Air Force No. 19 Village (空軍十九村)—Vanished (已消失)
Rough housing for 93 households of the 8th Group built by air force labour in the early 1950s. Half its houses collapsed in a 1961 typhoon and were rebuilt in brick by the Women’s League (婦聯會); part of the site is now Lingyun Park (凌雲公園).
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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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.