（臺灣）北回歸線標

[英文]Built as a monument to the completion of the @North-South@ (Jukan-sen 縦貫線) railway in October, 1908, at the midway point between Jiayi and Shuixia 水上 stations. The Jukan railway was the main trunk route of the Taiwan railway system; it ran from Jilong to Gaoxioung for a total length of 252 miles. The Tropic of Cancer Mark Tower was placed at 23 degrees 27 minutes 4.51 seconds North and 120 degrees 24 minutes 6.5 seconds East. It was destroyed in violent weather in 1914 and rebuilt; it was also refurbished for the crown Prince$s visit in 1923 (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 122). @After the train leaves Jiayi station heading south for about seven minutes, the Mark Tower can been seen by looking out of the right window. From this point southward, travelers are now in the tropics, and the southern country 南国 scenery becomes lusher and thikcer@ (Taiwan sotokufu 1932, p. 48; quote on p.160). The photos in the 1930 Atlas of Imperial Japan and the 1932 Japan Railways Guide show different capstones from this postcard and Yamazaki$s 1934 photography, demonstrating that significant alterations were effected with the Mark Tower$s period re-construction. Matsumoto (1990) shows four different Mark Towers, with three significantly different forms (p. 159).