A series of exploratory oil wells were drilled in the hills east of central Jiaxian in the Japanese colonial era. This field did not prove to be economically viable ad material shortages during World War 2 led to the abandonment of the project. Some faint traces of this operation remain.
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Links
- Rizhao Jiaxianpu by You Yongfu (日照甲仙埔 游永福)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Oil Industry in Taiwan (台灣油業)
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.