1891 Article Kyoto Canal Japan Lake Biwa Tunnel Aqueduct River Kamagawa MAB1 Coca Cola Starrett Brothers

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1891 Article Kyoto Canal Japan Lake Biwa Tunnel Aqueduct River Kamagawa MAB1 Coca Cola Starrett BrothersThis is an original 1891 half page article about the Kyoto Canal (Lake Biwa Canal) in Japan with three halftone illustrations of the canal, connecting the important Lake Biwa with Kyoto, which is 6 7 8 miles in length, passes through several mountains spurs, the passage of which is effected by means of three tunnels, which are, respectively, 8,040,511 and 2,802 feet in length. The canal entrance from the extremity of the Lake Biwa is shown in Fig. 1.