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[[File:Isocottonmill.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Marker on the former site of the Iso cotton mill]]
*''Completed: [[1867]]/5''
*''Japanese'': 磯紡績所 ''(Iso bouseki sho)''
The Iso Cotton Mill was the first modern cotton spinning mill in Japan. It was established in the Iso neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]] in [[1867]], with the help of a group of British engineers brought over in [[1866]]-1867 and housed at the ''[[Iso Ijinkan]]''.
Construction began in November [[1866]] and was completed the following May.
The engineers' contract ended in [[1868]], and they returned to England. The spinning factory remained in operation, with roughly 200 men and women working 10-hour shifts. They produced white cotton cloth which was sent to [[Osaka]], and striped cloth, which was sold locally in Kagoshima. The factory was formally visited by the [[Meiji Emperor]] in [[1872]], and came under the supervision of the [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima prefectural government]]. The [[Shimazu clan]] (now, Shimazu Corporation) then took over operations in [[1882]]. Weakened by the gold standard and by the death of [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], the factory shut down in [[1897]]. Most of its heavy equipment was sent to other factories, in [[Sakai]] and elsewhere, but one remains on display today at the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]].
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==References==
*"Kyû Kagoshima bôsekisho gishikan (ijinkan)," pamphlet, [[Iso Ijinkan]].
==External Links==
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Seven-Eleven+Kagoshimasenganenmae/ Former site of the Iso cotton mill] on Google Maps.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Completed: [[1867]]/5''
*''Japanese'': 磯紡績所 ''(Iso bouseki sho)''
The Iso Cotton Mill was the first modern cotton spinning mill in Japan. It was established in the Iso neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]] in [[1867]], with the help of a group of British engineers brought over in [[1866]]-1867 and housed at the ''[[Iso Ijinkan]]''.
Construction began in November [[1866]] and was completed the following May.
The engineers' contract ended in [[1868]], and they returned to England. The spinning factory remained in operation, with roughly 200 men and women working 10-hour shifts. They produced white cotton cloth which was sent to [[Osaka]], and striped cloth, which was sold locally in Kagoshima. The factory was formally visited by the [[Meiji Emperor]] in [[1872]], and came under the supervision of the [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima prefectural government]]. The [[Shimazu clan]] (now, Shimazu Corporation) then took over operations in [[1882]]. Weakened by the gold standard and by the death of [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], the factory shut down in [[1897]]. Most of its heavy equipment was sent to other factories, in [[Sakai]] and elsewhere, but one remains on display today at the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]].
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==References==
*"Kyû Kagoshima bôsekisho gishikan (ijinkan)," pamphlet, [[Iso Ijinkan]].
==External Links==
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Seven-Eleven+Kagoshimasenganenmae/ Former site of the Iso cotton mill] on Google Maps.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]