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Where Japanese heavy industry began; its red-brick head office survives inside a still-working steelworks.
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The Yahata Steel Works (八幡製鐵所, Yahata seitetsu-sho, Yawata seitetsu-sho) is a steel mill in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Imperial Steel Works was established in 1896 to meet increasing demand from the nation's burgeoning shipbuilding, railway, construction, and armaments industries. The site chosen was the former town of Yahata, now merged into Kitakyūshū, near coal mines and with easy access to the sea.
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Founded / opened：1901 Highlights / collection：Former Main Office, Repair Factory, World Heritage Site Genre：Architecture, Metalwork
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