Go to Minato!　History of Yokohama Port (3)

　History of Yokohama Port (for the general public)
　Opening of the Port of Civilization and Civilization Municipal Organization-Reconstruction of the Great Kanto Earthquake Earthquake-World War II
　Postwar period of high economic growth 　Container Age - Present

Reconstruction from the earthquake was proceeding in a hurry, and almost returned to its original form at the beginning of the Showa era. At the same time, new construction was started, and the port was continued, with the construction of Takashima Futo and Yamauchi Wharf were constructed from 1921 (Daisho 10) to 34 (Showa 9).
Around this time, the reclaim of the current factory sites in Ebisu, Takara, and Daikokucho in Tsurumi and Kanagawa progressed, and the Keihin Industrial Zone, the munitions industry (Gunju Sangyo)　　As a result, the number of factories continued to increase.

After that, we started construction to further enlarge the port, but soon the Pacific War began and did not proceed as expected, and at the end of the war, air raids were severely damaged by air raids (Kushu) ).

Yokohama Port (collection of the City History Archives)

"Major import products of this era"

Cotton (Menka)

Oil (Sekiyu)

"Major exports of this era"

Raw silk

Silk fabrics

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