Ta-lien

The coastline of Manchuria is extremely short, consisting of about 690 miles or about one-eighth of the total boundary of the country. It extends from the mouth of the Yalu River to Shanhaikuan where the Great Wall joins the sea. The most important of the harbors is Ta-lien (Dairen) which is located on the east side of the Liaotung Peninsula. The harbor is protected on three sides by land, opening to the east. It is 36 feet deep at the entrance, with a minimum of 23 feet at low tide at the wharves. Lüshun (Port Arthur) is a land locked harbor situated at the southern extremity of the Liaotung peninsula, about 20 miles southwest of Ta-lien. This is the only port in Manchuria which is ice-free throughout the year.

1946, Tsai-yu Hsiao, Epidemiology of the Diseases of Naval Importance in Manchuria, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, →OCLC, page iv

In Manchuria, the power plants under construction are concentrated in the southern region, at such highly developed mining and manufacturing centers as Shen-yang (Mukden), Fu-shun, Fou-hsin, Ta-lien (Dairen), and Pen-ch'i. This is the principal established area of industrial concentration in mainland China; it has metallurgical plants, machine-tool and machinery factories, shale oil refineries, and a great array of other industries, most of which turn out proudcers' goods and which, incidentally, are also large coal consumers.

1963, Yuan-li Wu, Economic Development and the Use of Energy Resources in Communist China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 158