Built around 1919 as the No. 3 Tunnel (第四隧道) on the Menpaitan Line (門牌潭線), a railway used to provide supplies for the construction of power plants in this valley. It was converted for use by road traffic after the Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project went online in 1934. Both entrances are accessible along a country road. Daguan Bridge (大觀橋) is immediately north of the tunnel and is the gated entrance to what is now Daguan Power Plant (大觀發電廠). Additional bridge remnants can be seen on the riverbed.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Egghead’s Fantasy World (蛋頭的奇想世界)
- 1817BOXBLOG (1817BOX部落格)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
- Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project (日月潭水力電氣工事)
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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.