Vacation Star | Ransoem Warehouse Museum | Ransoem Warehouse Museum in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, which was inaugurated on December 17, 2005 is housed in a former kitchen of coal mine workers and patient of the public hospital Sawahlunto that when it numbered in the thousands. Ransoem Warehouse Museum was built in 1918 with an area of 2300 m2.
Showing posts with label Sawahlunto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sawahlunto. Show all posts
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Nurul Islam Great Mosque
Vacation Star | Nurul Islam Great Mosque | In 1894 was built the power plant in Kubang Sirakuak to mobilize the various machines to accelerate the process of mining and coal transporting. After a replacement of power plant was built in 1924 in Salak,
Saturday, March 3, 2012
PT. Bukit Asam Office
Vacation Star | PT. Bukit Asam Office | Built in 1916 under the name "Ombilin Meinen" which serves as the mining office. And now, still used as a mining office PT. Bukit Asam.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Building Of Cooperative Ombilin
Vacation Star | Building Of Cooperative Ombilin | The building was built in 1920 under the name "Ons Belang Cooperative ' that serves as Cooperative, a place to fulfill the needs of the people of Europe and the indo-european. This building also serves as a dormitory and BEKA office (Badan Ekonomi Kota Arang, in english called Economic Agency of Arang City). Now, this building became a store, cooperative and a photocopy services occupy this place
Ombilin Guest House
Vacation Star | Ombilin Guest House | The building was built in 1918 under the name Hotel Ombilin. Have experienced changes in the year 1945-1949 as a function of residence Dutch army. And in the 1970s serves as a Military Police, Sawahlunto. Now the building is named Ombilin Guest House that serves as an inn to the guests who come to Sawahlunto.
Train Museum Sawahlunto
Vacation Star | Train Museum Sawahlunto | Construction of Railway from Padang to Sawahlunto started on July 6, 1889. Construction of railways aims to facilitate transportation of coal transportation from Sawahlunto to Emmahaven Port (Teluk Bayur), Padang.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Pek Sin Kek House
Vacation Star | Pek Sin Kek House | Pek Sin Kek is an Chinese ethnic. He came and settled in Sawahlunto since the early 20th century.
Theater Sawahlunto
Vacation Star | Theater Sawahlunto | This building was once the Theater of comedy and entertainment. Founded in 1917 and was once used as the Tax Office and Pawn Shops, and then used as a museum and is now used again as a pawnbroker's office Sawahlunto
Mbah Soero Hole
Vacation Star | Mbah Soero Hole | Mbah Soero Hole is a tunnel under the ground or under the township residents who have long hallways. The hallway begins from Tanah Lapang village, Lembah Segar sub-district to the office of parliament. This mean that the hallway of Mbah Soero Hole up to 1.5 km with a slope close to 20 degrees. Mbah Soero Hole is the starting point for open pit mining in the town of Sawahlunto. The opening of Mbah Soero Hole conducted since 1891 while the construction is carried out in 1898. Not much different from other mining areas, in Mbah Soero Hole also employed the prisoners, known as 'the chain'.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Building Center of Cultural Sawahlunto
Vacation Star | Building Center of Cultural Sawahlunto | This building was built in 1910 and named "Gluck Auf". Formerly used as a hall and banquet or party by the Dutch colonial officials.
Mak Itam
Vacation Star | Mak Itam | For some people, this name may be not familiar. Can have many meanings. But in early 2009, Mak Itam name was familiar to the ear and mouth Sawahlunto people. And instead of these names may not resonate throughout the West Sumatra and Indonesia and some neighboring countries.
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