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Passing by Provincial Highway 178, one might easily miss the century-old historic site, the Tainan Waterworks, located alongside the main road. This site is a significant testament to the development of water conservancy in the Greater Tainan area. After its decommissioning, the Tainan Waterworks has transformed into a water museum filled with historical ambiance, with its Baroque-style building well-preserved and complete machinery inside, making it a rare and valuable relic that evokes a sense of nostalgia. The so-called waterworks refers to five facilities of the water supply system, including intake facilities, sedimentation pools, filtered air rooms, pumping rooms, and water purification pools. The historical value of these listed monuments includes separate architectural structures, Western-style reinforced concrete, red brick buildings, and stone masonry houses. Additionally, well-preserved machinery groups include 14 British rapid filtration cylinders and components, movable cranes, vertical shaft electric motor units, and other machinery that are precious cultural heritages in Taiwan's water supply industry production equipment. Visitors can observe the water purification pool by climbing the 189-step pathway. The exterior of the pool is a gray building composed of natural stone and simulated stone blocks, resembling a fortress. On both sides of the purification pool are two water quality inspection rooms, with soil-covered tops and planted with vegetation, and 59 cast-iron ventilation pipe columns. On the back of the purification pool, at the center of the gable above the water well gate, is a circular logo with the pattern of the characters "南水" (Nán shuǐ) made of cement carvings, which is the emblem of the Tainan Waterworks. This serves as a reminder to visitors of the glorious history of the Tainan Waterworks. About the Father of Taiwan's Waterworks - Hino Miyataro Hino Miyataro (1863-1932), known as the father of Taiwan's waterworks, was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University's Department of Industrial Engineering. In 1896, Hino Miyataro came to Taiwan as an assistant to the British William Barton and served as an engineer in the Civil Engineering Department of the Taiwan Government-General. During his 23 years of work in Taiwan, he successively participated in and completed important waterworks projects in Keelung, Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan, making significant contributions to Taiwan's waterworks.