The oldest and very first railway tunnel in Taiwan. It was completed as Shiqiuling Tunnel (獅球嶺隧道) in 1890, and only renamed in recent years to honor Liu Mingchuan (劉銘傳), the Qing administrator who oversaw its construction. While the whole tunnel is not open to the public you can still walk inside a fair distance, and if you look up you’ll notice a section with a large drop, the result of a miscalculation by the engineers when digging both ends of the tunnel. It is located in Anle, Keelung.
Map
Heritage Designation
- City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
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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.