A 33.3m white concrete lighthouse on the northwest cape of Green Island (綠島), built in 1939 with funds donated by American citizens through the Red Cross after islanders rescued passengers from the SS President Hoover, which ran aground off Gongguan Village in 1937. The tower was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War 2 and restored in 1948. Open to the public daily except Mondays.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Lighthouses of Taiwan (臺灣的燈塔)
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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.