PORT CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS IN WESTERN TAIWAN DURING THE JAPANESE ERA —CONSTRUCTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PORT AT NIITAKA PORT—

Abstract

 This paper focuses on the port-building work, where a plan was made in Taiwan during the Japanese rule, and the actual work was carried out. The purpose of this research is to clarify the features of the plan and the fact that the construction was the first construction case in prewar Taiwan and even in Japan.

 Niitaka Port, which is the subject of analysis in this paper, is a port located in the western part of Taiwan, and it was expected that it will serve as an industrial port as well as a commercial port at the end of the Japanese colonial era, and a construction plan was made. It was also the first port in Taiwan where a construction plan for the purpose of constructing an industrial port was formulated from the beginning and the construction was carried out.

 With regard to the above points, this paper clarified the technical characteristics of the port construction work and details of the functional development as an industrial port by analyzing the construction plan at that time. Then, the historical significance of the port construction project and its impact after the war were clarified.