Tag: Hsinchu municipality (Taiwan)*
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Taiwan Railroads
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M144 Creator: Naoya Kuwabara This map shows how railways are used differently in Taiwan before and after 1945. During pre-war, trains were built and used mainly for transporting sugar to Japan. Taiwan was called the “Kingdom of the Sugar” for its quantity of production. During WWII sugar factories were heavily bombarded and…