Built between 1974 and 1976 by the Taiwan Railways Administration to relieve port congestion through bulk grain handling, this complex of ten reinforced concrete silos stands 34.3 meters tall along the west side of the tracks north of Yuanlin Railway Station in Yuanlin, Changhua. The opening of the Sun Yat-sen Freeway in 1978 prompted food processors to shift to road haulage, and the granary closed in 1983 after only seven years of service. Listed as a historic building in 2003, this granary and its counterpart Dounan Railway Granary in Yunlin are the only surviving silos of their kind in Taiwan.
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Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
- Agricultural History in Taiwan (台灣農業史)
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- Dounan Railway Granary (斗南鐵路穀倉)
- Postcards From Yuanlin (員林明信片)
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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.