Kawachi Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Kawachi Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Kawachi Dam is a dam in Yahata Higashi, KitaKyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built from stone and mortar to sustain water flow for local steel millshttp://www.travelvisionweekly.com/article.php?id=2308 between 1919 and 1927. It was once referred to as the "Orient's best dam". As for Minamikawachi Bridge, completed in 2006,http://www.bunka.go.jp/1osirase/pdf/houdou_20061027_kenzoubutu_sitei 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 () was classified as Japanese Important Cultural Property in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia
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