Dagupan Museum
Dagupan, Pangasinan Province
Philippines
This
museum is free and is located in the center of Dagupan, across from
the town hall and park. Inside the second story of the building
is a small collection of historical artifacts from the city cathedral
prior to renovation and several WWII era relics of helmets. Also,
there are large copies of WWII photos taken when MacArthur
landed and toured around the town.
Rail Road Locomotive Number 17
Outside
in a park is rail road locomotive Number 17 (#17) was used prewar on the Manila-Dagupan Rail Road line. The southern
part of this rail road was used during the Pacific War to transport
American and Filipino Prisoners Of War (POW) from San Fernando to Camp O'Donnel. Today
the rail road line is abandoned. The Dagupan rail road station remains,
also abandoned across the street from the SSS / Phil Am Life
Insurance Building.
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