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WHAT TO DONakagawa Canal Matsushige Lock Gate
A lock joining the Horikawa and the Nakagawa canal, in use from 1931 to 1976.
WHEREAichi
Nagoya
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A lock joining the Horikawa and the Nakagawa canal, in use from 1931 to 1976.
About this place
A lock in Nakagawa Ward, Nagoya, used to adjust the water level of the waterway connecting the Hori River and the Nakagawa Canal. It was in use from 1931 to 1976, and the pair of spire-shaped towers housing the counterweights, two in all, are about 21 m high. In 1993 it was designated an Important Urban Landscape Building of Nagoya City.
