World's First Tropic of Cancer Marker Stands in Chiayi, Taiwan
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In 1908, to celebrate the completion of Taiwan's Western Line railway, Governor-General Sakuma Samata ordered the establishment of the world's first physical Tropic of Cancer marker in Shuishang, Chiayi. The marker has been rebuilt several times due to natural disasters. The 5th-generation marker, designed by Japanese architectural educator Chijiiwa Suketaro in 1942, and the 6th-generation UFO-shaped marker from 1995 now stand side by side. In 2005, the Chiayi County Government renovated the site into the "Sun Museum" science education center. The nearby "Tropic of Cancer Station" was decommissioned in 2002, but plans are underway to restore a "Beihui Station" as part of a railway elevation project.