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Lake Biwa Canal
is a waterway in Japan constructed during the Meiji Period to transport water, freight, and passengers from Lake Biwa to the nearby City of Kyoto. The canal supplied Japan's first public hydroelectric power generator, which served from 1895 to provide electricity for Kyoto's trams.
In 1996 the canal was designated a Historic Site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=琵琶湖疏水 )〕 As of 2008, the waterway is not used so much to generate electricity, but rather for water supply, fire-fighting and irrigation purposes.
==Facilities==
The waterway runs from the vicinity of Mii-dera in Ōtsu, Shiga to its terminus near Nanzen-ji in Kyoto through tunnels under the mountains. Between the two cities, the canal has two routes, the and the .
Due to the 36 meter difference in elevation between the upstream dam and its terminus, an inclined plane was built, which allowed boats to travel on land via the use of a flat car on which they were placed. Operation of the track gauge incline ceased in 1948,〔 but part of its structure has been preserved and is now a tourist attraction, famous for its ornamental cherry trees.
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