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榮隆煤礦

Ronglong Coal Mine

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Ronglong Coal Mine (榮隆煤礦)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II
Aperture
ƒ / 6.3
Shutter Speed
1/160 sec
Focal Length
22.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
12.6 EV
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The former portal at ground level with water seeping out to the shoreline.

A small coal mine initially established in 1918 as a branch of Keelung Coal Mine Co. (基隆炭礦株式會社) and formally registered in 1938. In the post-war era it was operated by Jian Zhangli (簡杖梨), a rice merchant turned mining investor who developed several mines around Ruifang. Annual output in the early 1960s ranged from 10,000 to 30,000 tonnes, most of it trucked westward to fuel the North Thermal Power Plant (北部火力發電廠) at Badouzi (八斗子). Jian, a devout Christian, also funded the neighbouring church of the same name, completed in 1962 and attended by miners and employees of Shen’ao Power Plant. All that remains of the mine, later renamed Rongxing Coal Mine (榮興煤礦), is a pit at ground level with water seeping out.

Ronglong Coal Mine (榮隆煤礦)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5
Shutter Speed
1/100 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
11.3 EV
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The approach to the old mine, also the site of Ronglong Presbyterian Church (榮隆教會).
Ronglong Coal Mine (榮隆煤礦)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II
Aperture
ƒ / 9
Shutter Speed
1/320 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
14.7 EV
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One of several old buildings allegedly associated with the mine.
Ronglong Coal Mine (榮隆煤礦)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II
Aperture
ƒ / 3.5
Shutter Speed
1/50 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
9.3 EV
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3600 × 2400
Inside a derelict building next to the old mine.

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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。

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