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Hagi Reverberatory Furnace

  • Hagi Reverberatory Furnace
  • Hagi Reverberatory Furnace
  • Old postcard of Hagi Reverberatory Furnace (1921)
Hagi Reverberatory Furnace Hagi Reverberatory Furnace Old postcard of Hagi Reverberatory Furnace (1921)

Substantial stone remains of an experimental Western-style reverberatory furnace, with twin 10.5m high furnace chimneys, built in 1856 in an attempt to reproduce a Dutch design that has also been copied by the Saga clan in 1850. Experimental Hagi Reverberatory Furnace shows the Clan Samurai's attempt to conduct experiments in what were essentially proto-industrial processes. Though unsuccessful, such action provided practical experience that served as a foundation for the subsequent successful adoption, and adaptation, of Western technology and eventually the emergence of heavy industry in Japan.

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Hagi Reverberatory Furnace
Designation: National historic site
Address: 4897-7 Chinto, Hagi city, Yamaguchi
Tel: 0838-25-3139
Tourism Division, Hagi city