#1 - Visit To Kinta Tin Mining (Gravel Pump) Museum, Kampar

My friend and I agreed to start at 9.30 am for a visit to the Kinta Tin Mining (Gravel Pump) Museum in Kampar. Even though it was about 10.30 am, it was a hot, sunny day. A busload of visitors was just leaving when we arrived.

Today's post are photos taken in the compound. Next post will have the photos taken inside the museum. These are selected from the many photos I have taken.

This Kinta Tin Mining (Gravel Pump) Museum has been opened about 3 years ago.

Address: Jalan Batu Karang, Taman Bandar Baru, 31900 Kampar. 

Opening hours: Mon - Fri - 9 am to 1 pm

Sat, Sun & Public Holiday - 9 am to 4 pm.

Entrance is free.

After the busload of people left, we were the only visitors.

Six tall pillars on the left after we passed through the gate. I couldn't make out what was written in Chinese.

Saw this bridge behind the pillars.

Layout plan of the "Chin Chia" or Waterwheel and pump

Waterwheel and pump model

Tin mining - Gravel Pump method. Two life-sized female models of dulang washers (to separate tin ore from the sand by using water and the dulang).

Some of our elderly friends from Gopeng used to work as dulang washers.

The dulang washers need to cover themselves from the hot sun.

I like the bridge over the pond.

Antique vehicle used by the miners.

Manual - old hydraulic monitor & 3 life-sized models of male workers at work.

Parts of the Gravel Pump machinery.

Life-sized models of male workers working at different stages of tin mining.

"Prospecting" (Manual operated)

Antique transport vehicle (lorry) used in the mines.

Vertical Gravel Pump - driven by Diesel Engine.

In the west, people will respect the name of the LORD;
in the east, they will glorify Him.
For He will come like a raging flood tide
driven by the breath of the LORD.
(Isaiah 59:19, New Living Translation-NLT)