Liugongjun

Liugongzun () is the name of a system of

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flo ...

s and

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been devel ...

ditches that once crisscrossed the city of

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. Most of the canals were covered over by roads and streets in the 1970s due to increasing volumes of traffic and diminishing necessity of water transportation and irrigation. The canals ranged from wide, navigable waterways used for transportation to narrow ditches used primarily for irrigation and drainage. They ranged from the

Keelung River The Keelung River () is a river in northern Taiwan. The Keelung River originates in the mountains west-northwest of the town of Jingtong in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, flows down to a rift valley and then flows ENE to Sandiaoling. Then ...

in the north to the

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in the south of the city. The waters of much of the Liugongzun canal system still flow beneath the city streets, and there remain a few spots where the canal is exposed and visible, most notably at the northern end of Xinsheng North Road. There have been recent proposals to daylight sections of the canal. Canals in Taiwan Geography of Taipei History of Taipei Geography of New Taipei History of New Taipei Buildings and structures in New Taipei {{Taiwan-geo-stub