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Houtong Coal-Mine Ecological Park – Taiwan

November 6, 2011 – 11:32 am
River and Bridges in Ruifang

The Houtong Coal-Mine Ecological Park is located in and around the town of Houtong in northeastern Taiwan. The mine, closed in 1990, was once the largest coal mine in Taiwan. Today, it is a popular tourist stopover on the mining railway which leads from the city of Ruifang and then goes on to Shihfen, Pingxi, and ends at Jintung. The park is quite extensive and consists …

Pingshi 002 – Coal Mine Museum in Shifen

March 28, 2010 – 12:18 pm
Miner Mannequin at the Shifen Coal-Mine Museum

March 28, 2010
Mr. Wang had given me some maps of the area and even a train schedule. I hadn’t planned on riding the train, but he made it sound so simple, that I thought it would be a great thing to do to explore the little towns in the valley. Mr. Wang explained everything to me and in ten minutes, I was strolling through Pingshi’s …