Then And Now Pictures Of Northern Taiwan

Some of Tom Jones' pictures lend themselves to a theme.

This one might be associated with some of Tom's commenters actually finding the approximate spot where he took pictures over 50 years ago.

Along with Cherry Ho, who previously tracked down the Four Roses Bar, we have others who have taken photos recently.

This is the northern coast of Taiwan, heading toward Keelung. 

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This area is near the Yehliu Cape. Many unusual onshore formations are nearby.

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In 2012, Jeff Wang lined up the cape from the first photo above and took this picture of Yehliu with a temple visible in the distance.

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Here is Tom's photo of a simple dirt road which was taken in the 1957-58 time period.
 

                                                                           

Photo courtesy of George Lane

There must be something special about this stretch of highway. George Lane took this picture in 1968.

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Here is the same general area today with the road paved and marked.

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Either Cherry Ho or Jason Chen or both stacked the previous two pictures together.

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A picture of the northern coastal plain is shown in the distance.

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Joseph Wang took this picture which shows the same coastal area as it appears now.

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Here is the stacked photo of the two pictures above done by Joseph Wang.

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When Tom took this picture, the power lines stand out prominently.

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Cherry Ho found the bottom picture somewhere and made a stacked photo of it with the picture above with all of the communication lines.