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Completed in 1900, this was the first brick lighthouse built in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era, overlooking the western entrance to the Port of Keelung. Given the area’s notoriously poor weather, it was originally fitted with a fog cannon and doubled as a meteorological station. A 1962 reconstruction in reinforced concrete gave it the white conical form seen today. Designated a municipal monument in 2021, it is now a heritage site open to the public during regular visiting hours.
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Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Recorded On
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
Connections
- Baimiweng Fort (白米甕砲台)
- Qiuzishan Lighthouse (球子山燈塔)
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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.