A black stone lighthouse on the summit of Dakoushan on the remote island of Wuqiu, midway between Xiamen and Fuzhou, completed in 1874 under the direction of David M. Henderson on behalf of Robert Hart’s Qing Imperial Maritime Customs Service. Damaged by American bombing during the Japanese wartime occupation, it was reluctantly extinguished in 1951 once Wuqiu became a fortified frontline outpost of the ROC, sitting dark for 66 years before being relit in 2017. The island remains a heavily restricted military zone with no regular civilian access.
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- Status:Private (私有)
- Heritage designation:National Monument (國定古蹟)
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- 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.