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13. The Genealogy of Railway Technology in Northern Kyushu
- Takashi DEGUCHI
- Kitakyushu Urban Association, Kitakyushu, JAPAN
- Abstract
- In Japan, the genealogy of the railway technology has been generalized that the English style was applied in Honshu, the American style in Hokkaido and the German style in Kyushu. But, this generalization is not appropriate from my study on the detailed history of the northern Kyushu, where the first railway of Kyushu was constructed, and of the Kyushu-Tetsudo (Kyushu Railway Company), which finally established the railway network in the northern Kyushu by amalgamating with other local private railway
companies. The actual situation was as follows. The technology was a compound technology. Imported machinery and materials from Germany, the UK and the USA mingled with each other. And, it was based on the fruits of the technical transfer from the UK. This technical transfer was progressing in the Honshu area based on the engineering education originated from the UK.
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