On the road to Sungai Lembing - View 2

Rollei 35 with Ilford XP Super

On the road to Sungai Lembing - View 1

On the way to Sungai Lembing, I stopped to admire and shoot what is usually known as a secondary tropical forest. Trying very hard with 35mm format to capture the forest in a manner similar to Ansell Adam image of Aspen trees.

Rollei 35 with Ilford XP2 Super

Before the scraps thieves came to town

The slides show provides the glimpse of what the tin ore processing plant in Sungai Lembing used to look like. Locomotive heads with Hunslett mark, electrical generator that was known as English Electric and others which were specifically designed, fabricated and patented by the engineers, locally.

The locals were powerless, even though they tried very hard, to stop the scrappies that came from every corner of the country. Some even came from neighbouring countries. The authorities could not, or maybe did not, do anything to halt them. Now, the heritage is gone forever. What's left are these images only.

Compare these images which that you have seen below. They are at the same location. The only difference is that they are about two to three years apart.

All images were shot with Rollei 35 on Ilford Delta Professional 100.

Another view of some parts of Sungai Lembing as they are now

Contax G1 with Biogon 28mm / Kodak TMAX 100

Some parts of Sungai Lembing as they are now

Contax G1 with Biogon 28mm / Kodak TMAX 100

Sungai Lembing Mining Artefacts (Pt. 1) - Voigtlander Vito B

A Hunslett Locomotive

Rows of Shaker Table

Vibrator Assembly that Shakes the Table

The Company Sign that Said Pahang Consolidated Company Limited
(PCCL) is based in London

The Rubberised Top of the Shaker Table

Mining Plant Spares

Another Picture of the Vibrator Assembly

These pictures were taken in 2001. Since then all iron based artefacts were stolen and sold for scraps. The buildings were burnt and nothing was left. When I was a kid, passing through this area of Sungai Lembing was a great event of the day. I will stopped and admired the working of the machines that smashed and crushed the rocks that hold the tin ores which will then be washed down the shaker (much like panning movement) to separate the black sands, rocks and tin ores.