A square steel-frame light tower erected in 1951 in the water off Tamsui as the front leading light (淡水港前導燈), which paired with a rear light to mark the safe channel into the harbour. Road reclamation along the riverbank in the 1980s left it standing on land beside the ferry pier, and in 1995, with the port no longer in commercial use, it was downgraded from a leading light to a simple light pole. Repainted many times since, most recently in bands of yellow, green, and white in 2016, it was registered as a historic building in 2023.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Heritage designation:Historic Building (歷史建築)
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Central News Agency (中央通訊社)
- Blair and Kate’s Tourism and Food (Blair and Kate’s 旅遊與美食)
Themes
- Maritime Industry in Taiwan (台灣海洋產業)
- Lighthouses of Taiwan (臺灣的燈塔)
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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.