Marsman Engineers in Sumatra

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Title: Marsman Engineers in Sumatra
Language: English
Source: The Marsman Magazine Volume I (No. 10) April 1937
Year: 1937
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Fulltext: Upper left: The river Kampar Kanan at Terata.hboeloh, showing the ferry approaches for different 'water levels. Center: A. road near Fort de Kock. Lower left: Kampar Kanan at Teratahboeloh, crossing o n t h e ferry on the way to Bengrolb. A s u s p ension bridge near Moeara Tambangan. Mr. Greenan may be seen making his way across this bridge which is constructed of rattan and bamboo. Marsman Engineers Mr. J. 0. Greenan of the Board of Consulting Engineers returned to Manila on March 25, after an inspection trip of several months to the Netherlands East Indies·. The pictures shown on these pages were taken by Mr. &'reenan in various parts of that interesting country. L. W. Buchanan, Charles H. Mcilvaine, and H. T. Merrill left Manila on April 18 for Borneo and Sumatra, where they will carry out exploration and prospecting plans outlined by Mr. Greenan. Re.~ting by the ways1'.de A miner near Silating Batahan river, on which test work is about to begin. Elephant - and - Children type of house near Sarilama.k. The end peak8 represent the elephant, the inferior peaks the children. In Sumatra Upper Right: A native miner. In the center picture Mr. Greenan 1'.s supervising panning for gold. Lmver right: Mr. Atkinson and a "krani" or native capataz on the Rajah Gubalang mine. Crossing the equator near Lipatkain. Left to right, Mr. Van Steenbergen, Atkinson, Bluntchli. A para.de held in Bandoeng in honor of the wedding of Princess- Juliana. A Sumatra Miner A Bali dancing girl. Bull fights in which the bulls themselves do all the fighting are common occurrences in Sumatra.