Abstract
About the Middle of the Meiji era in Kobe and Nagasaki, where urban improvementand development in modern Western way were introduced into the settlements and thier environs under the renovation for open ports facing abroad, modern waterworks were planned and constructed to cope with the increasing water demand. Among the structures elabolated at the time, Nunobiki-Gohonmatsu Dam in Kobe is famous as the first concrete gravity dam in Japan, and its solemn design could be regarded as the origin of those dams constructed thenceforth. Moreover, the buildings and structures of water supply stationshave features of stylistical design consisting mainly of classicism. The design features of each structures were identified and the principles in the background were conjectured. Prospect of the design paradigm of waterworks in the trend of civic design in Meiji era was outlined in this paper.
