The Fading Of The Tin Dredging Industry In Malaysia
COMMENTS
21-gramm said at 11:57 a.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Absolutely great style and staff! Beautiful BOATSTabblo! WTG!!
BooRay said at 12:01 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Great capture! I'm sue it will be the site of a salvage operation in the near future.
Chaitiamma said at 12:09 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Thank you Den and BooRay. This is the last of the tin dredge left in the small town of Tanjung Tualang, Perak, Malaysia. The local authority is planning to turn this tin dredge into a Tin Dredging Industry Museum. Hope they have enough fund to maintain the whole operation.
Tishfish said at 12:13 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Wonderful shots David. I also hope they have enough funds too.
Chaitiamma said at 12:18 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Thanks Doreen.
Ira said at 12:18 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Familiar landscapes. The pictures of the deserted industrial areas have own romanticism. Mysterious and strange. Great job!
Eduardo.affonso said at 12:40 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: You did a great job here, DAVID. Congratulations. It goes straight to my favorites.
YorkJodi said at 12:55 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Superb photos... I love the rusty old parts & pieces... and the sepia photos are really excellent... conveying the mood...
Chaitiamma said at 1:12 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Thank you Ira, Eduardo and Jodi.
Debdog said at 1:54 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: great job :)
Mariusblack said at 2:33 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: a very coherent tabblo with a message. nicely done!! =)
Maz2001 said at 2:40 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: Wonderful but sad images.
Swedfinn said at 3:53 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: A piece of history "TEMPORA MUTANTUR ET NOUS MUTAMUR IN ILLIS"(TIMES ARE CHANGING AND WE ARE CHANGING BY THE TIME, a quote from Rome)
Wildthing said at 4:46 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008: A nice pictorial record. Seems that industry world-wide is dying. Sad.
Hhwind said at 4:47 a.m. on Oct 6, 2008: Phew friend a big collection, they are beautiful, nicely blended with sepia pics like the layout too.
Dromoman said at 10:09 p.m. on Oct 6, 2008: This is nice work. I come from Ipoh - the town that TIN MINES built and haven't seen this up close.
Where is this?
It looks familiar though - I think same abandoned mine used in this film "goodbye Boys" by Bernard Chauly - you have to dig it out. Film is not that great though -- your photos are a great capture.
Chaitiamma said at 1:36 p.m. on Oct 7, 2008: Thanks Yong. This tin dredge is coded TT5 for Tanjung Tualang No.5, but it is now the only one left in Malaysia.
Pkeener said at 3:12 p.m. on Oct 8, 2008: powerful composition. exciting to view all the photos like this. the red wheel is great popping up here and there, and i like the mix of sepia tone with the color. This is a wonderful tabblo. your photos are very good. I hope the museum opens, otherwise, all this stuff would become trash. thank you!
Chaitiamma said at 11:10 a.m. on Oct 9, 2008: Thanks Pam. Hope more people will appreciate history like this.
Dan22man said at 10:08 a.m. on Oct 11, 2008: I've seen something similar in Russia. Great job on tabblo, David!
Chaitiamma said at 12:42 p.m. on Oct 11, 2008: Thank you Daniel.
Loes said at 4:27 p.m. on Oct 12, 2008: Great shots David!
Chaitiamma said at 9:37 a.m. on Oct 13, 2008: Thanks Loes.
