Ishii lock
Ishii lock (石井閘門), begun in 1878 and completed in 1880, is a lock on the canal beside the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Designed by the Dutch engineer and foreign advisor to the Meiji government Cornelis Johannes van Doorn, it is the earliest example of such a facility in the country. In 2002 it was designated an Important Cultural Property.[1]
See also
- Tatsuta polder sluice gates
- Foreign government advisors in Meiji Japan
- Mechanical Engineering Heritage (Japan)
- Important Cultural Properties of Japan
- Rangaku
References
- ↑ "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
Coordinates: 38°26′48″N 141°17′28″E / 38.44667°N 141.29111°E