Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahluntoin West Sumatra, Indonesia, is an outstanding example of a pioneering technological ensemble planned and built by European engineers in their colonies designed to extract strategic coal resources. The technological developments demonstrate both European engineering knowledge and the contribution of local environmental wisdom and traditional practices in the organisation of labour. The many skilled and unskilled workers included local Minangkabau people, Javanese and Chinese contract workers, and convict labourers called ‘chained people’ or orang rantai from Dutch-controlled areas within present-day Indonesia. The coal mined was enough to fulfill more than 80% energy needs of Dutch East Indies. It became UNESCO world heritage site in 2019.
Unesco: Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
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Date: July 16
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