Bridges

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1910 AKOH TAISUI BIG IRON BRIDGE

There is a video of the old Taipei bridge on the videos page. Read the note on the "Other Videos" section.

Kuandu Bridge circa 1960s (?)

Circa early 1970s (before freeway)

Visit the Taipei Shrine page to see a few more good color Meiji Bridge pictures

Image above came from: http://www.himoji.jp a larger image plus more Taiwan shrine photos can be found at that site.

Bridge Trivia - From Micheal Turton's excellent Toroko Gorge blog post.

"The bridges were made by the Gustav Eiffel engineering company in France for Vietnam in 1954. Then this happened
They were installed here in Taroko in 1966, according to the marker to the left of the bridge in the photo above this one.
We counted three red ones, and at the bottom of the gorge, there is a similar one in yellow.

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