The Grace of Yanshui Harbor: Rejuvenation of Yanshui and Hopi Settlements
Route Introduction
Changduanshu Signal Station
Changduanshu community became a settlement relying on rice and sugarcane farming due to the irrigation from Bazhang Creek. During the Japanese occupation era, it was the sugarcane collection area of the new Toysoeyto Co. Ltd (sold to Meiji Sugar Company in 1927).
It had a railway system connecting Nanjing and Wushu sugar factories. Two of the major branching railroads leading to sugarcane plantations intersected at Changduanshu community. Later, the two branches were extended to Xinying and Annei sugar factories.
Locating at the focal point of four sugar railroads, the signal station was boasted to be the largest one in Taiwan sugar industry. The mission of the signal station was to manage the traffic of busy sugarcane cargo trains. In order to monitor the traffic, telephones were available on the train and at the signal station.