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Completed with USAID funding in 1955, this second-generation workshop replaced an earlier facility from around 1942 and provided a maintenance area for the salt railway system of Qigu. The salt railway dates to the Japanese colonial era, when it was used to consolidate salt production from outlying fields. After the war, the system was modernized with USAID into a network of trunk lines. Rail operations ceased in 1987 as road transport took over, and the workshop has been idle ever since. It was designated a historic building in 2005.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Recorded On
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Pixnet: Tainan Cultural Affairs Bureau Blog (臺南市政府文化局-臺南學部落格)
- Fake Literary Youth (假文青的廢墟散步)
Themes
- Urban Exploration in Taiwan (台灣城市探險)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
- US-ROC Alliance Period (中美共同時期)
- Salt Industry in Taiwan (台灣鹽業)
Connections
- Qigu Saltworks (七股鹽場)
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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.