Tamagawa Aqueduct

Summary

Tamagawa Aqueduct is a canal^[1]. It draws 301 Wikipedia views per month (canal category, ranking #57 of 527).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tamagawa Aqueduct is located in Tokyo^[3].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's instance of is recorded as canal^[5].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's instance of is recorded as aqueduct^[6].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's architect is recorded as Yasumatsu Kin'emon^[7].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's maintained by is recorded as Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks^[8].
• Tama River is named after Tamagawa Aqueduct^[9].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's main building contractor is recorded as Tamagawa Brothers^[10].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's inflows is recorded as Tama River^[11].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's outflows is recorded as Kanda River^[12].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct is part of Six Aqueducts to Edo^[13].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's Commons category is recorded as Tamagawa waterworks^[14].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's terminus is recorded as Hamura Weir^[15].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's terminus is recorded as Yotsuya Ōkido^[16].
• 1653 marks the founding of Tamagawa Aqueduct^[17].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.680833, 'lon': 139.603889}^[18].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's official website is recorded as https://www.waterworks.metro.tokyo.jp/kouhou/pr/tamagawa/^[19].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tamagawa waterworks^[20].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Site of Japan^[21].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '玉川上水'}^[22].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's name in kana is recorded as たまがわじょうすい^[23].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's distributary is recorded as Nobidome waterworks^[24].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's distributary is recorded as Q11460542^[25].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's distributary is recorded as Sunagawa Bunsui^[26].
• Tamagawa Aqueduct's distributary is recorded as Q24873265^[27].

Body

Geography

Tamagawa Aqueduct is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Tokyo^[3]. It is part of Six Aqueducts to Edo^[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include canal^[5] and aqueduct^[6]. Tamagawa Aqueduct's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Site of Japan^[21].

History and Context

1653 marks the founding of Tamagawa Aqueduct^[17]. Tama River is named after it^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tamagawa Aqueduct include Tamagawa-Jōsui Station^[28], a railway station^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1950^[31].

Why It Matters

Tamagawa Aqueduct draws 301 Wikipedia views per month (canal category, ranking #57 of 527).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Tamagawa-Jōsui Station^[28], a railway station^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1950^[31].