Conveyance of Steam Boilers
1958 - 1963

Joki-gama no Umpan
[Conveyance of Steam Boilers]
21.4 x 30.5 cm Ink Painting

Text at the Bottom Right
In the beginning of the autumn of 1898, steam boilers for Mitsui Yamano Coal Pit were tied up and conveyed along the bank of the Kama River in this way, which made them appear to be crawling like big snails.
Nobody called the boiler a boira (boiler) at that time but they called it a sutongappu-tsuki ippon-juro gama (i.e. boiler with a single furnace and a steam receiver) or some people called it a yugetsukuri (steam maker). Seven or eight in total of these low-pressure-type boilers of 5 shaku (1.5 meters) or 6 shaku (1.8 meters) in diameter were conveyed.

Text at the Top Left
"Soryaa, makee! Koryaa! Dokkoi! Shikkari makee!"

" Now, wind up! Koryaa! Dokkoi! (Interjected chants) Steadily, wind up!"

The railway line had already reached Okuma in that year but it was not useful for conveyance by land for Kamimio and Yamano.


Translation Assisted by Mr. Nathan Johndro

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