UNESCO WHS - Nagasaki - Kosuge Slip Dock - 小菅修船場跡 Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Title: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining - 明治日本の産業革命遺産　製鉄・製鋼、造船、石炭産業 Subtitle: Nagasaki Shipyard - Kosuge Slip Dock - 小菅修船場跡 Description: The site encompasses a series of 23 component parts, mainly located in the southwest of Japan. It bears testimony to the rapid industrialisation of the country from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century, through the development of the iron and steel industry, shipbuilding and coal mining. The site illustrates the process by which feudal Japan sought technology transfer from Europe and America from the middle of the 19th century and how this technology was adapted to the country’s needs and social traditions. The dock was the pioneering development and the first Japanese foreign joint venture in a modern ship repair facility. The site includes the first steam-powered and earliest surviving Western-style slip dock in Japan and Japan's oldest surviving brick building (hauling engine house, 1869). UNESCO Information: Name: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining - 明治日本の産業革命遺産　製鉄・製鋼、造船、石炭産業 Area: Nagasaki Shipyard Site: Kosuge Slip Dock - 小菅修船場跡 Country: Japan Location: Kosuge-machi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region Inscription: 2015 Category: Cultural (ii)(iv) Unesco Ref: 1484-012 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side