Kawachi Dam

Kawachi Dam is a dam in Yahata Higashi, KitaKyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.^[1]. It has been built from stone and mortar^[2] to sustain water flow for local steel mills^[3] between 1919 and 1927. It was once to be said as "Orient's best dam". As for Minamikawachi bridge, completed in 2006^[4], it is a part of Kitakyushu Seminational Park and is a national industrial heritage since 2007. A mountain hike begins from these sites.

References

^ "Kawachi Dam". Structurae. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
^ http://damnet.or.jp/cgi-bin/binranA/All.cgi?db4=3616
^ http://www.travelvisionweekly.com/article.php?id=2308
^ http://www.bunka.go.jp/1osirase/pdf/houdou_20061027_kenzoubutu_sitei

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[1] "Kawachi Dam". Structurae. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

[2] ttp://damnet.or.jp/cgi-bin/binranA/All.cgi?db4=3616

[3] ttp://www.travelvisionweekly.com/article.php?id=2308

[4] ttp://www.bunka.go.jp/1osirase/pdf/houdou_20061027_kenzoubutu_sitei

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