Lake Biwa Canal

E661758
canal historic infrastructure waterway

Lake Biwa Canal is a historic Japanese waterway and engineering project that channels water from Lake Biwa to Kyoto, supporting transportation, industry, and urban development since the late 19th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lake Biwa Canal canonical 3
Okazaki Canal 1
琵琶湖疏水分線 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
historic infrastructure ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connects Kyoto City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Biwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd 1890 ⓘ
constructionStart 1885 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
designedBy Sakuro Tanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineer Sakuro Tanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Meiji era ⓘ
surface form: Meiji period
feeds Kamo River (via branches) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uji River system (indirectly) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart First Lake Biwa Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keage Incline NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keage Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Lake Biwa Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
aqueducts ⓘ
locks ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
heritageStatus designated Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to modernization of Kyoto ⓘ
one of the earliest large-scale modern civil engineering projects in Japan ⓘ
influenced industrial development of Kyoto ⓘ
locatedIn Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy Kyoto City government NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature Keage Incline former boat railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
aqueducts over streets and rivers in Kyoto ⓘ
brick-lined tunnels ⓘ
opened 1890 ⓘ
owner City of Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Higashiyama Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yamashina Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction industrial use ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region Kansai region ⓘ
source Lake Biwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports urban development of Kyoto ⓘ
terminus Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
navigation (historical) ⓘ
waterwayType man-made canal ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Biwa → hasCulturalFeature → Lake Biwa Canal ⓘ
Keage Station area → hasNearbyAttraction → Lake Biwa Canal ⓘ
Keage Station area → nearbyWaterBody → Lake Biwa Canal ⓘ
Keage Station area → nearbyWaterBody → Lake Biwa Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okazaki Canal
哲学の道 → locatedAlong → Lake Biwa Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 琵琶湖疏水分線