ABSTRACT
This paper analyses (1) the layout of Nagasaki Harbour and the plans of individual stone masonry wharves in 1889; (2) the relationship between water, tides, and the structure of stone masonry wharves in Oura; (3) the supply of stone and the stonework of the wharves in Oura; and (4) the reclamation process of the Mitsubishi Shipyard and its stonework in the Tategami area in 1897, to illustrate the technology of masonry stonework and wharves used in modern Nagasaki Harbour.
