Historical Significance of Industrial Technology

Historical Significance of Industrial Technology on the No. 123 Steam Locomotive designated the Japanese Natural Important Cultural Properties. An English-made No. 123 old steam engine was designated the Japanese Natural Important Cultural Properties in June 2005. This old steam engine that was made in 1873 at the Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne is now preserving at the Kaya Steam Locomotive Plaza, in the Kyoto Prefecture. It is the oldest and famous locomotive builder in the world. In 1843, this famous builder invented well-known "Stephenson type valve gear system" and this system contributed to the modern other valve gear design method. This No. 123 steam engine was mainly used in the Kyoto-Kobe railway transportation business of the I.G.R.J., in those days of the Meiji Era. In this report, a short history of the No. 123 steam engine and its historical significance of industrial technology are described.