Kawachi Dam

Kawachi Dam
Location Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Construction began 1919
Opening date 1927
Dam and spillways
Impounds Itabitsu River
Height 44.1 m
Length 189 m
Total capacity 7,000,000 m³

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

References

  1. ↑ "Kawachi Dam". Structurae. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  2. ↑ http://damnet.or.jp/cgi-bin/binranA/All.cgi?db4=3616
  3. ↑ http://www.travelvisionweekly.com/article.php?id=2308
  4. ↑ http://www.bunka.go.jp/1osirase/pdf/houdou_20061027_kenzoubutu_sitei
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Coordinates: 33°50′17.1″N 130°48′38.4″E / 33.838083°N 130.810667°E