Ashio Copper Mine

The Ashio Copper Mine was a copper mine located in the town of Ashio, Tochigi, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It was the site of Japan's first major pollution disaster in the 1880s and the scene of the 1907 miners' riots. The pollution disaster led to the birth of the Japanese environmental movement and the 1897 Third Mine Pollution Prevention Order. It also triggered changes in the mine's operations, which had played a role in the 1907 riots, part of a string of mining disputes in 1907. During World War II the mine was worked by POW forced labour.

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryTableSearch

1610 — 1973 

Wikimedia, Wikidata
14000 produced, 
Shibusawa Eiichi, Tokugawa shogunate, Furukawa Zaibatsu, copper mine, industrial heritage site, Tochigi no Hyakusama, Japan, 

link={{{3}}}

​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Location: 36.6333, 139.4397, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
4 places

Loading map...

• 

  Ashio Copper Mine ⓘ
  former mine in Japan

• 

  城下トンネル ⓘ
  

• 

  笠松トンネル ⓘ
  

• 

  Kusaki Tunnel ⓘ
  

1610-01-01T00:00:00Z

1973-02-28T00:00:00Z

1610 — 1973 Ashio Copper Mine

1911-01-01T00:00:00Z

1911-01-01T00:00:00Z

1911 城下トンネル

1912-01-01T00:00:00Z

1912-01-01T00:00:00Z

1912 笠松トンネル

1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

1973 Kusaki Tunnel

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Matsugi Taisekijou

AshioKodoku1

Ashio Copper Mine circa 1895

OttoseiIwa

KoudokuKonzetsu

Ashio Seirenjo

Ashio Fire wall

Kodaki Chiku

Kodakikou

Nakasai Josuijo

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	mine	1610	Ashio Copper Mine	Furukawa Zaibatsu, copper mine, industrial heritage site, Shibusawa Eiichi, Tokugawa shogunate	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1911	城下トンネル	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1912	笠松トンネル	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1973	Kusaki Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		Matsugi Taisekijou		Commons
commons	image		AshioKodoku1		Commons
commons	image		Ashio Copper Mine circa 1895		Commons
commons	image		OttoseiIwa		Commons
commons	image		KoudokuKonzetsu		Commons
commons	image		Ashio Seirenjo		Commons
commons	image		Ashio Fire wall		Commons
commons	image		Kodaki Chiku		Commons
commons	image		Kodakikou		Commons
commons	image		Nakasai Josuijo		Commons