Historical Study on a Construction Process of Modern Water Works in Ashikaga City

Abstract

This study dealt with a construction process of modern water works in Ashikaga city. Generally, modern water works in Japan started for public health and urban environmentat Meiji Era. In case of Ashikaga city, there were constructed for a development of its ruralindustry, a textile and a die manufacture. Especially, there made sure of water for industrialuse and fire-fighting.
At the result, we cleared up a construction process of modern water works in Ashikagacity and relation of their rural industry.