往西不遠處是台灣肥料公司新竹廠舊址。1942年，日本在戰時為供應佔領區農業需求，成立「台灣有機合成株式會社」，計畫在此生產肥料及軍需化學品，但設備運輸途中遭盟軍擊沉而未能開工。戰後，該廠由台肥公司接收，改稱台肥第五廠，並由來自各地的工程師改建為氰氮化鈣化肥工廠。當年為運送原料與成品，台鐵還鋪設了「台肥支線」，如今公道五路從鐵軌至建中路這一段，正是在拆除後的支線路廊上改建而成。2016年，台肥新竹廠正式拆除完成。
Nearby stood the Taiwan Fertilizer Company's Hsinchu Plant. In 1942, Japan established Taiwan Organic Synthesis Corporation here to produce fertilizers and military chemicals, but the equipment was sunk by Allied forces during shipment. After the war, the site became Taiwan Fertilizer's Fifth Plant, producing calcium cyanamide fertilizer. The Taiwan Railways Administration laid the "Taifei Branch Line" for transporting materials—today's Gongdao 5th Road between the railway and Jianzhong Road was built on this former rail corridor. The plant was demolished in 2016.
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