Chair Handgrip, a photo from Jawa Tengah, Java

Photographer's Note

Taken at Pekalongan railway station. This station buit when Dutch colonialized Central Java (Jawa Tengah) in the mid 1700. The chair itself made from hard steel, and old as old as the station.

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mkurniawan (24) 2004-04-15 5:40

Just inform. The train came in central java in mid 1864. the fact history:
In June 17, 1864, Governor-General Mr. L. A. J. W. Baron Sloet van Beele broke ground for the first railway line in Java, which was then part of Netherlands East Indies. The line belonged to the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (Netherlands East Indies Railway Company), and the first line in operation was between Semarang and Tanggung, opened in August 10, 1867

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