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Takashima Coal Mine

  • The open collar of Hokkei Pit of Takashima Coal Mine.
  • The open collar of Hokkei Pit of Takashima Coal Mine, the first Western -style vertical shaft in Japan.
  • Hokkei Pit, operational 1869-1876. A manual tramway linked the shaft to a pier from where fleets of between 60 and 100 barges, toward by the Mine's steam tug, transferred the coal 15 km to Nagasaki.
The open collar of Hokkei Pit of Takashima Coal Mine. The open collar of Hokkei Pit of Takashima Coal Mine, the first Western -style vertical shaft in Japan. Hokkei Pit, operational 1869-1876. A manual tramway linked the shaft to a pier from where fleets of between 60 and 100 barges, toward by the Mine's steam tug, transferred the coal 15 km to Nagasaki.

Takashima Coal Mine, developed from 1869, was the first Japanese coalmine to be worked with Western technology. Hokkei Pit on Takashima Island is located 14.5 km offshore from Nagasaki Harbour. This was Japan's first modern coal mine mechanized by steam engines through a joint venture with Thomas B. Glover and later, in 1881, purchased by Mitsubishi.

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Takashima Coal Mine
Designation: National historic site
Address: 99-1 Takashima-machi, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki
Tel: 095-829-1193
(Cultural Property Division,Nagsaki city)
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