Historic Tour of Taichung: Taichung ground water towers

Taichung basin from development since the early Japanese colonial rule, the residents always drinking water or well water.

The Japanese order to prevent malaria, cholera and other epidemic, decided to improve drinking water quality.

Meiji twenty-nine years (AD 1896) in August, the Taiwan Governor House Provincial Health Bureau of Civil Affairs to hire engineering consultants Barton (WK Barton) and technicians work together to complete Hamano Yashiro Taichung District Sheung Shui launching of new projects.

Barton four groundwater exploration Taichung area and found the water table is very high, so advocates access to abundant groundwater as a water supply Taichung and Recommended hotel Taichung.

Japanese ordered today Taichung Park northeastern region, planning for the water source.

Taisho years (AD 1914) in February, the Japanese dug wells in the park a water source to pump the water out of the treated and sent along the pipeline “on the water tower,” a natural way to shed bottled water.

Water source was the water supply agencies Taichung Street, Taichung City with running water begins.

From the water tower was built in the Taisho three years (AD 1914), was under Japanese rule five years (AD 1916) in February completed.

There are three-story building, is the highest in the vicinity of the building.
The mining was expensive and rare materials reinforced concrete later because the increase in population, but also in the Taisho 11 years (AD 1922) additional water pump, increase the following year in November the second well drilled, available Taichung fifteen thousand people.

Later and continued expansion project, in 1927 (AD 1927) was completed when, one day water supply capacity of 8,394 cubic meters.

Water sources after the war as a water plant receives Taichung, water and also in 1973 the whole of Taiwan Water Corporation.

Currently the water to retain the initial building of the Japanese occupation, there were the most important water tower on top of the first pump chamber, a second pump chamber and the water quality testing.

Water sources monuments for the construction of the Empire of Japan in the modern city of Taichung, Cheap hotel Taichung drinking water systems, for the year Asia’s first colonial building modern city planning.

Whether or Asian history in Taiwan history, it all has an irreplaceable value of the region should be designated as a national historic site preservation.

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