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朝鮮機械製作所 - Chosŏn Machine Works
Personal number "1548”
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仁川工場 - Inchon Factory
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朝鮮機械製作所 - Chosŏn Machine Works
Personal number "1548”
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仁川工場 - Inchon Factory
The Chosŏn Machine Works was Korea's first large-scale machine factory. The Inchon factory was established in June 1937, and the head office was located in Gyeongseong. The parent company was Yokoyama Kogyosho /橫山工業所/ a comprehensive machinery company in Japan. At the time, the Japanese were developing a mining system to exploit the mineral wealth of Korea. The factory was built to produce mining equipment. It was the first large-scale machine factory built in Chosŏn, and it marked the beginning of the modern machining industry in Korea.