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Koishikawa Arsenal

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273: 58: 289: 301: 261: 394:"An order has recently been placed at the Koishikawa Arsenal by Russia for the manufacture of ten aeroplane motors. The authorities have accepted it, it is understood, although recently an order for 300 planes from Petrograd was declined by them owing to the limited capabilities of the arsenal." in 324:"The Koishikawa Arsenal (Ho-hei Kosho) occupies the site of the former mansion of the Prince of Mito. Here are manufactured the celebrated Murata rifles. An order from the military authorities is necessary to gain admittance." in 272: 223:
Discipline and organization at the arsenal are thought to have been extremely strict, leading to the development of labor disputes in which the Koishikawa arsenal took a leading role in Japan.
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on 1 September 1923. Complete reconstruction was deemed too expensive, so that the arsenal was transferred to
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View of the red brick Koishikawa Arsenal from the direction of Suidobashi
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was established within the Koishikawa arsenal. In 1937, the
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The arsenal suffered considerable destruction during the
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Destruction of the old Tokyo Koishikawa Arsenal in the
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was established as a breakaway unit from this station.
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was produced there. The arsenal also produced licensed
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The arsenal was inaugurated in 1871, soon after the
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35°42′20″N 139°44′57″E / 35.70556°N 139.74917°E / 35.70556; 139.74917

Tokyo
Koishikawa
Tokyo
Japan
Koishikawa
Tokyo
Tokyo Dome City
Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden
Prince of Mito
Meiji restoration
Murata rifle
Arisaka rifle
Mauser style rifles
Gewehr 98
Siam
World War I
Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Japanese Army Institute of Science
Number Nine Research Laboratory
Great Kantō earthquake
Kokura
Kyūshū
Old Koishikawa Arsenal, circa 1890
Destruction of the old Tokyo Koishikawa Arsenal in the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923.
Great Kantō earthquake
View of the red brick Koishikawa Arsenal from the direction of Suidobashi
The new Koishikawa Arsenal, circa 1930.
Henry Norman

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