Major-General Henry Spencer Palmer was a British Royal Engineer who was a member of the elite Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment that founded British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia, and
Major General Henry Spencer Palmer
Yokohama Water Works: Boiler at the intake, Mi-i Village, 1886–87
Yokohama Water Works: Pump at the intake, Mi-i Village, 1886–87
Yokohama Water Works: Iron pipeline route, Sagami-hara Tsumara Village, 1886–87
The Port of Yokohama is operated by the Port and Harbor Bureau of the City of Yokohama in Japan. It opens onto Tokyo Bay. The port is located at a latitude of 35.27–00°N and a longitude of 139.38–46°E
Henry Spencer Palmer
…Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment that founded British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), and who subsequently developed the Port of Yokohama in the Empire of Japan as a foreign advisor to the Meiji government. Henry Palmer was born at Bangalore, British India, on 30 April 1838. He was the…
Panorama of Yokohama Port
This nautical chart shows the Port of Yokohama in 1874.
Ōsanbashi Pier symbolizes the modern port.
Sovereign Maersk container ship at Minami Honmoku Pier, Yokohama