The Tanjung Tualang Tin Dredge No. 5 (TT5) is a former

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History

The dredge was built in

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in 1938 by F.W. Payne & Son, a major dredge engineering company at that time. With head of Engineer Othman/Alan Bruce. It was built for the Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd., a company formed in 1926 which operated 6 dredges in total in Batu Gajah and

Tanjung Tualang Tanjung Tualang is a mukim in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. History It was originally one of the major tin-mining towns in Malaysia around early 1900s. Tanjung Tualang obtained its name from a type of tree called tualang and later a major ...

. TT5 was used for 44 years until 1982 when the Malaysian tin industries declined due to the falling world's tin price, exhausted tin deposits and high operating cost. In 2012, the facility was closed due to water leakage. Starting January 2015, the area is undergoing a MYR8.5 million renovation for 2 years which is carried out by Mentri Besar Incorporated.

Technical details

The dredge weights 4,500 tons. It is supported by a

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with 75 meters in length and 35 meters in width and 3 meters in depth.

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YouTube - Tanjung Tualang Tin Dredge Batu Gajah Perak Malaysia
Buildings and structures completed in 1938 1938 establishments in British Malaya 1982 disestablishments in Malaysia Buildings and structures in Perak Kinta District Tin mines in Malaysia Dredgers {{Malaysia-struct-stub

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