Technology Transfer during the construction of Lake Biwa Canal*
Naoto TANAKA
Research Associate, Dept. of Global Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
e-mail naoto@ningen1.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The most advanced technologies were used in the construction of the Lake Biwa Canal in Kyoto that it was a herald of city basis construction in Japan in the Meiji era. It started from the very accurate surveying technology and ended up with the introduction of business water-power-generation. They were the leading technologies in the world then. The engineers' originality, devices, and their way of thinking, that realized a city development using a canal in Japan just after opening up a country, will be made clear.
Key Words: Lake Biwa Canal, Navigation Systems, Urban Development, Design and Planning of Infrastructure, Environmental Design
* Received 31st July, 2002
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