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Discover! "Ugoku Castle" floating on the Sumida River?
(for kids)
My name is Kenki Sakamoto. Born in Chuo-ku. A class member of the Chuo-ku Momijigawa Elementary School (* fictional elementary school) 5th grade. Elementary school students who love construction machinery, railways, history and animals. I like to walk around Chuo-ku with Dr. Doboku.
My name is Civil Engineering (Doboku Manab). Lives in Chuo-ku, currently 73 years old. In the past, I taught students the pleasure of civil engineering at a university, but retired at the age of 65. I'm teaching local children about the history of the town these days. Before the pandemic, I was a volunteer and also a "town walk guide".
Hey, Doctor of Civil Engineering. Near Tsukiji Ohashi, I found a "Ugoku Castle" like a maritime fortress.
That's right. This is the concrete mixer ship "No. 17 Kamiaki" of Yorijin Construction in Kobe. It was manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
Doctor, what is a concrete mixer ship?
Simply put, it's a work boat that can produce concrete on site when working on the sea, such as a breakwater or a quay.
Hey, it's just the "Ugoku Castle."
I'm building a Kachidoki pumping station.
By the way, Dr. What's this ship doing?
This ship is making concrete used at the Kachidoki Pumping Station.
What is a pump station?
It's going to rain. Do you know where the rain in the city flows?
It's a sewer.
That's right. Rainwater that falls on roads, etc., passes through the sewer, but it is tilted so that the sewage flows naturally. At the pumping station, the sewage is pumped up and discharged into the river.
Hmm. It's a bit difficult, but somehow I understand it.
The Second Tameike Trunk Line, a huge underground tunnel of water underground in Tokyo
Kenki-kun, this pumping station is the end point of the "Daii Tameike Trunk Line".
What is the second Tameike trunk line?
It's an underground tunnel with a total length of 4.5 km that connects Shimizudani Park in Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku to Kachidoki 5-chome, Chuo-ku. There is the end point of the second Tameike main line in the basement of Kachidoki 5-chome.
Hmm. Then, we make a pump station here and pump the flowing water. It's amazing.
That's right. Kenki-kun is smart. When this is completed, we will contribute to the "flood damage Countermeasures" around Akasaka, Ginza and Tsukiji.
Hmm. It's a great social contribution.
Furthermore, when heavy rain falls now, water mixed with domestic wastewater flows into the `` Imperial Palace moat '' and `` Tsukiji River '', and dirtying the water has become a social problem, but it is said that it will solve it .
Hmm. That's amazing! By the way, when will the Kachidoki Pumping Station be completed?
On the signboard of the construction, it says until November 14, 2023.
I hope that it will be completed soon and that the "Imperial Palace moat" and "Tsukiji River" will become more beautiful.
Access to the "Ugoku Castle" floating on the Sumida River
- A 10-minute walk from Kachidoki Station on the Oedo Line to Tsukiji Ohashi.
- A 15-minute walk from Tsukiji Market Station on the Oedo Line across Tsukiji Ohashi.
Hello. I'm a correspondent Take-chan. I wrote "Kids Edition" for the first time in a long time. I don't know how long the "Ubu Castle on the Sumida River" has been anchored, but when you come by you, you can hear the sound of "Gattan, Goton" and really "Ugoku Castle".