Kawachi Dam

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	Minami-Kawachi bridge

Kawachi Dam
Kawachi Dam
Location	Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Coordinates	33°50′17.1″N 130°48′38.4″E / 33.838083°N 130.810667°ECoordinates: 33°50′17.1″N 130°48′38.4″E / 33.838083°N 130.810667°E
Construction began	1919
Opening date	1927
Dam and spillways
Impounds
Height	44.1 m
Length	189 m
Reservoir
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. Minami-Kawachi bridge on the reservoir (

33°50′17″N 130°48′38″E / 33.838083°N 130.810667°E) was classified as Japanese Important Cultural Property in 2006.

References[]

^ "Kawachi Dam". Structurae. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
^ "河内ダム［福岡県］ - ダム便覧".
^ http://www.travelvisionweekly.com/article.php?id=2308^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.bunka.go.jp/1osirase/pdf/houdou_20061027_kenzoubutu_sitei^{[permanent dead link]}

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

[2] "河内ダム［福岡県］ - ダム便覧".

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[4] ttp://www.bunka.go.jp/1osirase/pdf/houdou_20061027_kenzoubutu_sitei^{[permanent dead link]}

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