Taiwan Coal Mine Museum

Coordinates: 25°03′10″N 121°46′25″E / 25.05278°N 121.77361°E / 25.05278; 121.77361

Taiwan Coal Mine Museum
台灣煤礦博物館
General information
Type	Museum
Location	Pingxi, New Taipei, Taiwan
Opening	2001
Technical details
Floor area	20 hectares
Website
www.coalmine.com.tw

Taiwan Coal Mine Museum entrance

The Taiwan Coal Mine Museum (Chinese: 台灣煤礦博物館; pinyin: Táiwān Méikuàng Bówùguǎn) is a museum about coal mining in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.^[1]

History

The museum used to be the coal mining site during the later stage of Pingxi Era of Tai-Yiang Mining Inc called the New Pingxi Mine. It was first opened in 1965 and the first coal extracted was done in 1967. In 1997, the mining activity was halted due to the more competitive price from imported coal to Taiwan. With the help from railway enthusiasts and other associates that cared about the coal mining industry, Mr. Gong Yung-tsang began to create buildings in this historical site and created the museum in 2001 with the storing ground became the museum entrance.^[2]

After decades of mining, the site produced tons of abandoned overburden rocks which created a 140 meters high rock mountain. Due to the lack of vegetation growth to grasp firm holds of the gravel, the side of the rock mountain tumbled in July 2005, which created The Abandoned Rock Mountain.

Exhibitions

• Mine locomotive
• Large-scale mining machinery
• Small-scale exhibition hall
• Simulated pit^[3]

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance northeast from Shifen Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Pingxi Line.^[4]

See also

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• List of museums in Taiwan
• Mining in Taiwan

References