page_title: Lake Biwa Canal
section_title: Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Biwa Canal / Museum
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 琵琶湖疎水記念館。
context_page_description: 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. As of 2008, the waterway is not used so much to generate electricity, but rather for water supply, fire-fighting and irrigation purposes.
context_section_description: In August 1989 the Lake Biwa Canal Museum of Kyoto (琵琶湖疏水記念館, Biwako Sosui Kinenkan) was established to commemorate the centenary of the opening. The museum reopened after renovation in 2009.
caption: Lake Biwa Canal Museum of Kyoto
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