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Photo AlbumDec 19, '10 10:24 PM
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As far as I know there is only one remaining tin dredge in Selangor. I used to know of two, and have photos of them, taken from flights in/out of KLIA and LCCT.

When looking at Google Earth, one is still shown. And I was able to find the location of the 2nd one by going back in the historical imagery on GE. This is quite a fascinating tool on GE. This dredge was at Payah Indah.

The 'missing' dredge at Paya Indah is Petaling Dredge No. 9, which as I suspected is a new one, built in 1982. This is a 5600 tonnes bucketline dredge equipped with 24 cu ft (680 litres) buckets and digs to a depth of 130 ft (40 m).

Several years ago there was talk in the press about converting this dredge into a museum. The Sun reported on this.

Dredges are still being constructed in Malaysia, at Port Klang (and also in Singapore). New ones have been sent to Ghana, Ecuador and Brazil.

Older Malaysian dredges have been sent overseas. One (PT7) has gone to Sierra Leone, 2 to Bangka Island in Indonesia. Another to Zaire.

Anyway on my birthday in Dec, Jan and I did a trip to see the last remaining dredge. It is located in Dengkil, and can be seen from the ELITE highway just before the last turn to the KLIA highway.

As we approached, a guard stationed on the dredge came to see who we were and immediately started talking into a walkie talkie. We talked to him across the water and asked if we could go onto the dredge, but he said no. He told us the dredge is up for sale, and might be bought by Australians, so that is why it is guarded. The Malay guard even had a dog, though the dog took no interest in us. [The dredge was still there in early July 2011]

There are some nice pictures of the dredge on a blog, the photos were presumably taken before the dredge had any guard or fence around it.

The dredge seems to be in very good condition, especially compared to dredge T.T. No. 5 at Tanjung Tualang in Perak. I noticed it has moved slightly since the last GE image from Jan 2010.

We saw a strange green building near the highway and went to have a look. Checking on GE shows it was built between 2007 and 2009. We went in and were totally amazed at the amount of stuff dumped there. Loads of childrens' toys, clothes, furniture. The place looked as if it had been almost fully tonstructed then was abandoned for whatever reason.

On the way out using a different track, we drove over a rubbish dump! We then went to see some sand quarrying and a landfill site.
See more on Selangor Dreding history.


dredge from a distance
  

Jan photographing the dredge
  

zoom in
  

highway signs
  

first view
  

Jan admiring it
  

dredge
  

dredge
  

Putra Jaya behind dredge
  

dredge
  

dredge
  

rear end
  

fancy climbing up here?
  

tree growing on the tail
  

the buckets
  

front view
  

front end
  

Jan's GE image
  

rubbish dump
  

dumped car!
  

dredge from plane July 2007
  

from plane July 2007
  

dredge on GE Jan 2010
  

Jan walking
  

mystery building
  

green house
  

take your pick
  

what a sight
  

unbelievable
  

dredge from the roof
  

Putra Jaya in background
  

what flower is this?
  

type of wild okra
  

Petaling Lake dredge
  

Paya Indah July 2007
  

dredge Paya Indah 2004
  

dredge Paya Indah 2007
  

dredge Paya Indah 2010 - gone
  


janstu wrote on Dec 20, '10
Bravo! You really have done your homework.
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