Completed in 1934 as the Sun Moon Lake No. 1 Generating Station (日月潭第一發電所), this was the centerpiece of the first phase of the Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project and, at the time, the largest power plant in Asia. Water drawn from Sun Moon Lake drops some 320 meters through five Pelton wheel units for a combined 110 MW, with the tailwater passing downstream via Toushe Aqueduct to the Sun Moon Lake No. 2 Power Plant. It was renamed Daguan Power Plant (大觀發電廠) in 1946 after the site was inspected by Chiang Kai-shek.
Map
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Heritage Map of Taiwan Power Plants (臺灣電廠百年文史地圖)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Energy Industry in Taiwan (台灣能源業)
- Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project (日月潭水力電氣工事)
Connections
- Sun Moon Lake No. 1 Power Plant Shinto Shrine (日月潭第一發電所構內社)
- Shuishe Overflow Outlet (日月潭餘水吐)
- Chonggui Dam (銃櫃壩)
- Shuili Toushe Aqueduct (水里頭社水路橋)
- Shuili Daguan Railway Tunnel (大觀鐵路古隧道)
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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.