A former 150 meter-long steel-cabled suspension bridge spanning Emei River (峨眉溪) in Sanwan. It was built in 1929 to provide road and narrow gauge railway access to Tongjingyuan Sugar Factory (銅鑼圈糖廠). It was decommissioned in 1951 after being replaced by what is now known as Old Emei Bridge (峨眉舊橋). The original cabling was recycled, leaving only the piers on either side of the river.
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
- Sugar Industry in Taiwan (台灣糖業)
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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.