Nakagawa Canal

Located in the central-southern part of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, this canal is the city's largest, linking Nagoya Port and Nagoya Station. It is 10.3 kilometers long, 36 to 91 meters wide, and 1 to 3 meters deep; it was excavated as a lock canal from the old Nakagawa River. Construction began in 1926 (Taisho 15) and was completed in October 1930 (Showa 5), ​​at a cost of 18.86 million yen. There are two locks, at Nakagawaguchi and Matsushige, and three boat docks, at Hori-dome, Nakagawaguchi, and Matsushige. Small and medium-sized factories and warehouses, including lumber factories and metal and machinery factories, are lined up in a strip along the canal.

The middle part of the old Nakagawa River was called Oisegawa River, and the part from Atsuta Shinden East Group to the river mouth was called Nakagawa River. The Oisegawa River was used as a drainage channel for bad water, and there were the Oisegawa Bad Water Well Group and the Oisegawa Shinboriwari Well Group.

[Gohei Ito]

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愛知県名古屋市中南部、名古屋港と名古屋駅を結ぶ市内最大の運河。延長10.3キロメートル、幅36～91メートル、水深1～3メートル、旧中川を閘門(こうもん)式運河として開削した。1926年（大正15）着工、1930年（昭和5）10月に完成、工費は1886万円であった。閘門は中川口、松重(まつしげ)の2か所、船溜(だま)りは堀止、中川口、松重の3か所に設けられた。運河沿いには木材工場をはじめ金属、機械などの中小工場や倉庫がつくられ帯状に並んでいる。

　旧中川は、中流を笈瀬(おいせ)川、熱田新田(あつたしんでん)東組から河口までを中川といった。笈瀬川は、悪水排水路に使われ、笈瀬川悪水井組、笈瀬川新堀割井組があった。

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