During the Second World War, the Japanese Navy relied on Fengtien for its supplies to insulate the boilers on its warships, and asbestos miners were exempt from military service abroad.
二次大戰期間，日本艦艇鍋爐甲板的隔熱，多用此地產的石棉，當時被徵調在此工作的台灣同胞，可享免除遠送南洋充當砲夫的優待。