Warehouse Rations, Witness History People Chain

Sawahlunto, a satellite town which is right heart of the island of Sumatra, precisely in the province of West Sumatra is a witness to the history of industrial progress doeloe tempo. Nan city unique.Unique in the sense of social, cultural, culture and even the government.
Imagine, socially, culturally and cultural character of society in this city is very multi ethnic. This is the crutch by the very diverse cultural and ethnic elements of both Minang, Javanese, Batak, Chinese, and so forth. In terms of governance, the city is also very unique. In this Sawahlunto there are still village government, village and village. Maybe this is the only city in West Sumatra who still has a village in the region. It is very unique.
All of the uniqueness of it actually originated from the historical presence of this town that can not be separated from the discovery of coal and the presence of Railways. This is the embryo of the area that was once only made the rice fields surrounded by hills turned into a very advanced city in the era of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Until now, witness the history that proves it is still there. Warehouse One rations.
Vault Museum In Sawahlunto no rations. In this museum found a number of giant-sized collection. The museum is an integral part of the mining process in Sawahlunto. Formerly a public kitchen for the former mine workers. Rations Warehouse was founded in 1895. In the museum area of ​​2300 square meters of collecting a variety of equipment used in cooking in ancient times as a high furnace 4 feet more, a number of pots with a diameter of 132 cm height 62 cm, pot, excitatory, and a variety of common kitchen equipment giant.
In this museum also displayed some photos People Chain and mining activities that bring our memories to the tempo doeloe.Rations warehouse formerly served as a food storage workers Chain (call for Dutch prisoners who used slave labor.) Given the chain of thousands of workers from different regions therefore requiring rations (food) in bulk and quick. Because it is prepared Warehouse rations with a large kitchen appliance department.
Warehouse Rations consisted of several parts between other parts of the public kitchen, warehouse inventories of crude goods, power shock or burning stove, an ice factory bars, rice mills, and slaughterhouses. Fuel to cook with steam system. Under the cooking chamber contained the basement with a chimney pipe through which hot steam for 20 furnaces. This hot steam from the hot water boiled over the hills that are drawn steam to Vault rations.
Any diet that provides a 65 day Warehouse carry rice for thousands of workers. The chain's food ration is usually delivered to the location where they work. Vault Museum Collection Rations about 150 collections. Not including the collection of old photographs which amounted to 250 pieces. Here, one of the historical evidence of the presence of chain doeloe tempo.