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Kamaishi City Iron and Steel History Museum

Iwate · · Culture & History

Japanese name: 釜石市立鉄の歴史館

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Kamaishi City Iron and Steel History Museum
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WHAT TO DOKamaishi City Iron and Steel History Museum

A museum of the history of ironmaking in Kamaishi, the place where a Western-style blast furnace first operated in Japan.

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A museum of the history of ironmaking in Kamaishi, the place where a Western-style blast furnace first operated in Japan.

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Field：Ironmaking, industrial heritage

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