わが国では幕末期以降，西欧の技術導入施策が矢継rnぎ早に行われ，急速に殖産興業路線を歩むことになっrnた．この流れの中には，日本初の本格的国際貿易港をrn目指したものの台風によって大破し，建設続行が断念rnされた野蒜築港事業（1878～1884（明治11～17）年）や，rn銑鋼一貫生産を目指したものの出銑が不調に終わったrn八幡製鉄所の第一次操業（1901（明治 34）年）をはじめrnとする多くの失敗事例もある．%In Japan, western technology was rapidly introduced from the last stage of the Edo era. However, a lot of examples of technology transfer failure were included in the process. This paper deals with the cause of failure of the Kamaishi national iron mill. Lack of the domestic pig iron demand and insufficient marketing research, the Kamaishi iron mill generated large amount of deficit and was the greatest failure at that period. Analyzing several remained documents, it was understood that Japanese engineers throw large raw ore into the furnace under operation, to make it blockade. It was the simplest way to avoid further financial loss, and to conseal serious carelessness of preliminary survey. Blockage of the furnace was not the main factor of the iron mill business discontinuance, however, it had significant meaning. It was useful to minimize the initial risk of the following private enterprise, which succeeded the iron mill management. And it had big influence in iron manufacture which had grown up to the Japanese key industry in modern ages.
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