Tamsui

alternative Tam-Sui

1. A district of New Taipei City, northern Taiwan.

   According to the British Consul at Tamsui, the output of coal in Formosa in 1918 was 801,520 tons.

   1919 December, “More Coal in the East”, in South African Mining and Engineering Journal, page 163

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   To this time the Dutch had kept two garrisons in the North of Formosa, one of which was at Fort Kelang, taken from the Spaniards ; the other was at a place called Tamsui, about ten leagues to the westward of Kelang.

   1813, James Burney, A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, volume 3, London: Luke Hansard and Sons, page 257

   Being driven off Taewan by a heavy gale, she ran to the northward, and, when the gale moderated, found herself off the town of Tamsui (Tanshuy), near the northernmost end of the island.

   1837 May, “Coast of China”, in The Chinese Repository, volume VI, number 1, page 11

   SIR: I have the honor to report that the governor of Formosa, Lin Ming-Chuan, has made a contract with Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., for the supply by the latter of rails, rolling stock, and bridge for a narrow-gauge, light-weight railway of 80 miles in length. The line is to be from Tamsui to Changhua, the future capital of the island. The only stream to bridge is the Taikia River. It will be spanned by a lattice girder bridge in two sections, of a joint length of 1,400 feet.

   1888, Mr. Denby to Mr. Bayard (Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States for the Year 1887), number 179, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 224

   After the war between Great Britain and China, which culminated in 1860 in the Treat of Tientsin, two Formosan ports, Takau and Tamsui, were thrown open to foreign trade in accordance with provisions in that treaty, and British subjects and missionaries were to be allowed safe-conducts in the island.

   1902, Archibald Ross Colquhoun, The Mastery of the Pacific, Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 385

   The Japanese have made extensive preparations for the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores. [For a description of the Pescadores and a map, see THE INDEPENDENT for February 16th.] The Pescadores Islands have been supplied with provisions and ammunition for two years and heavy guns mounted in strategic positions. In Formosa the ports of Keelung and Tamsui are strongly protected by mines. The garrison is estimated at 15,000 men. The island is declared to be under martial law and in a state of siege.

   1905 May 18, “The War on Sea and Land”, in The Independent, volume LVIII, number 2946, page 1096

   Synonyms: Danshuei, Danshui, Tanshui, Tan-shui