美軍在高雄選定的攻擊目標（三）
Targeting Takao, Part 3

6. 鹽水港製糖株式會社高雄工場。Alcohol Plant

中央研究院海外歷史圖資與典藏 (Via Academia Sinica)

我在《此鹽水港，彼鹽水港》已經寫過這座工場，再納進來是為了現在這一篇的完整性。上圖攝於1944年10月12日美國海軍艦載機發動攻擊前的清晨，下面這張是則是五天後美國陸軍第20航空隊的B-29重型轟炸機轟炸高雄港時所攝，可以看到其中一棟廠房破了個大洞：
The above photo of the small alcohol plant of Ensuiko Sugar Company by the Takao wharf was taken by US Navy aircraft on the early morning of October 12, 1944, just before the USN launched a massive air strike against Formosa. The next photo was taken five days later, when the B-29 heavy bombers of the 20th Bomb Command bombed Takao Harbor. A large hole can be seen on one of the buildings, mostly likely done by the Navy aircraft:

當美軍第22轟炸大隊的B-24在1945年6月4日拍攝下面這張照片時，這座酒精工場已經是廢墟一片，幾乎所有建築物的屋頂都不見了：
By the time when the 22nd Bombardment Group took the following photo, the alcohol plant had been reduced to rubble:

中央研究院海外歷史圖資與典藏 (Via Academia Sinica)

下面的寫真則是美軍在1945年12月拍攝的殘破景象：
When the Americans photoed the plant in December 1945, it looked like this:

戰後台糖順理成章接收這座工場，後來改為倉庫，在這張1959年的空照中，這個地區已經全部改建：
After the war, this plant was confiscated by the government and the state-owned Taiwan Sugar Corporation (“Taisugar”) used this site to build its warehouses, as seen in the next 1959 photo:

中央研究院海外歷史圖資與典藏 (Via Academia Sinica)

現在這裡是高雄的觀光景點駁二藝術特區的一部份：
The once abandoned warehouses have transformed into the Pier 2 Art Center, a hot tourist attraction in Kaohsiung.

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177. 火力發電所。Power Plant

中央研究院海外歷史圖資與典藏 (Via Academia Sinica)

之前看到美軍作戰報告記載轟炸高雄的火力發電廠，我都以為寫錯了，高雄哪有火力發電廠？上面這張1944年的空照證明我過去的想法是錯的。照片左方中間開挖出來的水道應該是為了方便卸煤，水道下方一大片深色的區域就是堆煤場，煤炭看來是透過堆煤場裡的小屋經過輸送帶送進有三支大煙囪的廠房，而水道上方是變電設施。這些特徵顯示這裡確實是座火力發電廠。
Believe it or not. There used to be a coal-burning power plant in the city of Takao. A short canal can be seen on the middle left side of the above photo. The darker area below the canal was the coal dump, where coal was loaded onto the conveyor belt into the powerhouse. Three smoke stacks can be been by the powerhouse. Transformers were located on the upper left side of the photo.

在下面這張1959年的空照中，發電廠顯然仍在使用中：
Obviously the power plant was still in operation when the next 1959 photo was taken:

中央研究院海外歷史圖資與典藏 (Via Academia Sinica)

現在當然不可能在市區裡設置火力發電廠，但這裡仍是台電在使用，變電設施比以前更大了。
The state-owned Taipower took over the plant after the war. Although the power plant has been torn down, the site is being used by Taipower as the orderly arrangement of breakers and transformers in the following satellite image show:

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