Former Ministry of National Defense Secrecy Bureau Taipei Bridge Detention Center

保密局北所(舊址)· Historic site

About

The site was first, in 1917 during the Japanese colonial period, the Takasago Iron Works (also known as the Takasago Foundry Company), in which the Gu family of Lukang invested. It was later run by Gu Xianrong's daughter-in-law, Gu Yan Bixia (wife of Gu Yuefu).

After the war the Nationalist Government took it over, and the factory was forcibly closed after Gu Yan Bixia was implicated in a case of 'collaborating with bandits'. It was then used by the Ministry of National Defense's Secrecy Bureau and, in the early years of the White Terror in the 1950s, was a key site for interrogating and imprisoning political prisoners.

Translated by DealTaipei from Taiwan's national tourism database. Sources are on the terms page.

Facts and sources

Names: EN Former Ministry of National Defense Secrecy Bureau Taipei Bridge Detention Center中文保密局北所(舊址)한국어 보밀국 북소 옛터 Wikidata Q113581257, Chinese from the listing, Korean by DealTaipei (NIKL transcription)
District: Datong District · 大同區 Tourism Administration listing, updated 2026-06-26
Opening hours: Not in the listing Tourism Administration listing, read 2026-09-30
Phone: (02)22182438 Tourism Administration listing. May be Chinese only
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