Onga River Pump Station
Built in 1910 on the east bank of the Onga River.
It served, and still serves, to deliver industrial water to Yawata via an 11.4 km pipeline.
This supply is integral to the steel production process and was necessary to cope with the
1st phase expansion of the Imperial Steel Works.
The site has been registered on the UNESCO World Heritage,
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution
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Onga River |
Onga River Pump Station |
Water piping to the Steel Works |
Location of Kitakyushu-city
General information
| Address | 1-3-1 Dotenouchi, Nakana-city, Fukuoka-prefecture |
| Access |
40 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura Station 60 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city |
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