The intake station of the former Hsinchu Water Supply, a municipal waterworks planned in 1914 and completed in 1929, during the Japanese colonial era. Pumps here drew subsurface water from beside Long’en Canal (隆恩圳) and sent it uphill to a purification plant on the slopes of Shibajianshan, a system that remained in use until 1981. A museum opened in the restored pump house in 2019.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Heritage designation:City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Waterworks in Taiwan (台灣水道)
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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.