Chiaotou Village in Huatan is a perfect illustration of this decline: at the industry's peak, Chiaotou was home to 30 or 40 kilns. Gradually this dropped to 17, and now there are no more than five kilns still in business there.
以花壇鄉橋頭村為例，從磚窯業鼎盛時期的三、四十根煙囪，逐漸拆除到僅存十七根，目前能持續冒煙生產的煙囪已不超過五根。