Erected to commemorate the Pobuwu Levee, completed in 1936 as part of a major Japanese colonial flood control project along the Lanyang River. Known as “Lanyang’s First Levee”, it served as the primary defense against devastating floods that plagued the Yilan plains. The monument now stands weathered and damaged next to the trailhead leading to Jiuqiong Lake (九芎湖).
Map
Links
- 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)
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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.