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Journal Article
Patent slipways of Bakumatsu and Meiji Japan: 1861-1900s
2015
Overview
The paper explores patent slipways in which an inclined railway is used to haul ships from the water for repairs, and in particular those built in Japan during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods (1860s-1910s), from the viewpoint of technology transfer from Victorian Britain. After describing the origin of patent slipways and their development in Britain, the particulars of seven patent slipways in Japan are investigated, referring to original drawings, contemporary records and published sources. Their size and power are examined and compared statistically according to an 1890 list of the world's ship-repairing facilities of the time. It is found that the patent slipways of Bakumatsu and Meiji Japan are regarded as relatively larger and more powerful than those in England and other countries. In addition, looking into their geographical locations and considering the characteristics of civil engineering works, it is found that the construction of these marine structures in nineteenth-century Japan, especially with regard to the selection and preparation of the grounds they are situated on, can be regarded as a mixture of traditional native techniques and imported western technologies.
