The people of Kee-lung made their livings mainly from fishing, coal mining and dock labor. “ With coal being carried in by rail from the mines and fishermen bringing their catches to market each morning, laborers of all kinds packed the market streets surrounding Dianji Temple, ” notes Tsao.
基隆人多以捕魚、開採煤礦、碼頭苦力維生，「煤炭開採後利用鐵公路運送、清晨透早入市魚貨的喧囂買賣，各式勞動人口艱辛而熱鬧的環繞著市街中心的奠濟宮，」曹銘宗指出。