Tanjung Tualang Tin Dredge

"The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B..." 

(The one and only complete old Tin Dredge)

GPS:
4°23'48.8"N 101°03'11.3"E
4.396890, 101.053130

(The dredge from different angles)

Out of the seven tin dredges in Malaysia, there is only one remaining tin dredge known as Tanjung Tualang Tin Dredge No. 5 or TT5. TT5 is a former tin mining dredge situated in Batu Gajah, Kinta District, Perak.

(Tanjung Tualang is about 200km from KL)

(A brief history and site map)

(Visiting the museum of artifacts)

(Discounted rates for 'warga emas')

The dredge was built in England, the United Kingdom 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. The dredge weights 4,500 tons. It is supported by a floating dock with 75 meters in length and 35 meters in width and 3 meters in depth. 

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 massive renovation and opened to visitors since 2017.

(Waiting for the 12.30 pm guided tour)

(Hard hats and masks)

(Safety first)

(Guided tour on board of the Tin Dredge)

(Kapala Kapal and Assistant Kapala)

(Complete equipments on board)

(Huge scooping buckets)

(Tour around the lake)

(Historical artifacts)

(A small hut for resting)

TT5 is open daily including Public Holidays. Guided Tin Dredge Tour is approximately 40-minutes conducted in Bahasa Malaysia, English or Mandarin.

Adjacent to the TT5 Tin Dredge is the Maze Park which is shaped like a heart and claimed to be the largest in Malaysia!

(Aerial view of the Maze Park - Google image)

(Welcome to one of the Heritage site of Malaysia)