Daido

The dredging of Udan Shoal in the Daido River in front of the Custom House at Heijo (Pyöng-yang) and landing equipments were all completed in the year 1913, and the construction of an open dock system in Chinnampo was completed in 1915.

Heijo is situated on the right bank of the Daido River, some 60 miles from its mouth and is an important railway, military and industrial centre, with a population in 1935 of 182,122.

The Daido River, which empties into the Yellow Sea, reaches back for 250 miles, rising in the northeast, has been used as a traffic artery by Koreans from time immemorial. The river, which flows through the city of Pyengyang, serves to transport freight barges, sailing ships bearing coal, and rafts of timber and farm products from the interior during the day.