Burton, WK (English spelling) BurtonWK

Japanese: Burton,W.K.(英語表記)BurtonWK
Burton, WK (English spelling) BurtonWK

...The first modern sewerage system built by Japanese engineers was the combined sewerage system in Sendai City, which was planned by Nakajima Eiji (1858-1925) and started construction in 1899 and completed in 1913. De Rijke's successor, the English engineer William K. Burton (1855-1999), led the construction of separate sewers, but after Nakajima Eiji adopted the combined sewer system, Hiroshima (construction started in 1908), Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo (all started in 1911), followed by Hakodate, Okayama, Akashi, Matsuyama, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, and Oita. After that, the combined system became the mainstream in Japan before World War II. ...

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…日本の技術者による最初の近代的下水道は,中島鋭治(1858‐1925)の計画で99年に着工し1913年に完成した仙台市の合流式下水道である。デ・レーケの後任技師イギリス人のバルトンWilliam K.Burton(1855‐99)は分流式下水道の建設を指導したが,中島鋭治が合流式下水道を採用してからは,広島(1908着工),大阪,名古屋,東京(いずれも1911着工)の都市に続いて函館,岡山,明石,松山,会津若松,福島,大分の諸都市が合流式下水道を建設していった。以後,第2次世界大戦前の日本では合流式が主流となった。…

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