Allegedly the last remaining brick kiln in Penghu, founded in 1962 by Li Yongyang (李永陽) as Penghu Brick Factory (澎湖磚廠). Its three climbing kilns (登窯) and 33 meter-tall concrete chimney supplied much of the red brick used in the archipelago’s building boom of the 1970s and 1980s. Stricter air pollution controls and cheaper bricks shipped from Taiwan gradually forced the factory out of business by 1994. The site now appears to be in ruins.
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- Status:Abandoned (廢墟)
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Links
- Penghu Info (澎湖知識服務平台)
Themes
- Urban Exploration
- Urban Exploration in Taiwan (台灣城市探險)
- Taiwan Brick Industry (台灣磚瓦業)
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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.