Flare stack chimneys of Petronas Methanol Labuan

The 3 flare stack chimneys of Petronas Methanol Labuan
 are of about 100 meters in height.



Flare stack no:3



Flare stack no:3 from a different angle.



Flare stack no:2



Flare stack no:2




Flare stack no:1 of the old plant inherited from Sabah Gas Industries.




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Chimneys of Patau-Patau Power Station

The 4 chimneys of about 20 to 30m high are of a combined cycle block
made up of 2X34MW Alsthom Fr6 Gas turbine with a Sulzer boiler and a 15MW AEG Kanis Steam Turbine and an open cycle John Brown 34MW Fr6 gas turbine
giving a total installed capacity of 117MW.
This power station was earlier part of the now defunct Sabah Gas Industries
and was taken over by the Sabah Electricity Board(SEB) in 1992
which is now called Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd(SESB)
a subsidiary of TNB

The chimney of the John Brown GT.

Brick Sawdust Burner chimney of Merinding sawmill

This is the other brick chimney in Labuan,
it's a 10m high Brick Sawdust Burner chimney of a sawmill
in Merinding,Labuan, although there are no logging activities here.

Beautiful trees line the roads here.

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Labuan Chimney revisit

Labuan Chimney is one chimney which facinates me most,
it's mystery and actual purpose it was build for was so intriguing
that it caused me to start this chimney blog.
It had been 2 long years since my last visit to this beautiful chimney,
visits numbering more than a dozen time
since i first set foot on the this beautiful island in 1992
and being right under it again make me feel so contented and telling myself,
yes, i am back again trying to solve the mystery.
Earlier Post on Labuan Chimney





The Chimney Museum have a nice display of exibits from the coal mining era,
it will be very complete if a mine's train is still around.




The chimney viewed from Lubuk Temiang beach.
















The statement on the plaque about 'the inner wall of the chimney showed no sign of burning'
needs a change as there are clear sign of burned and overheated bricks
at the lowest 2 meter.



These over heated stains on the bricks clearly shows heat is moving up the chimney
from the two opening most probably from two brick kiln ,
one from each opening,kiln that could have been used to make bricks(for used in tunneling the mines)
or pottery(including chinese ceramics)
as there are plenty or clay and kaolin in the area
coupled with abundance of coal as a source of heat.
The pottery at Batu Arang,Selangor under similar conditions(underground coal mine)






This brick structure is probably a wall of a kiln.



Ceramic pottery littering the area behind the chimney towards Kubung Bluff
is a signs of early activitiy at Tanjung Kubung.


These are found by the seashore along Lubuk Temiang beach.

Labuan Chimney

The Chimney tower is a rectangular structure 32.5 meters in height and wholly built from raw red bricks. This tower is well over a century old and is one of the leftovers of mining coal mining activities in Labuan. It is a historical symbol of pride to the people of Labuan because of its uniqueness and strong foundation and as for its purpose,
my guess is it is a chimney of a brick kiln with 2 kiln
since there are 2 arch which will be connected by a brick tunnel to the kilns.
The abundance of raw material,clay and kaolin for making of bricks,pot and vase
and coal for firing up the kiln put a little weight on my guess moreover a lot of
bricks is also needed for tunneling works in the coal mines below.
A similar kiln is build in Batu Arang where there are plenty of coal underneath.








This photo of the chimney i took before and after the restoration works.




A internal ladder to the top was added during the restoration works for ease of maintenance of a remote control camera which can be accessed from the Information center.

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The plaque of the chimney.









Chimney Information Center’s building is located on the historical site of the Chimney Historical Complex in Tanjung Kubong, known during the British occupational period as Cool Point. It functions as a site museum which will exhibit and inform of the history of Tanjung Kubong, especially the history of coal mining which began in 1847 through 1911. Located nearby is the Chimney tower which is of no less importance in the history of the nation.

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Physical description of the chimney




Other chimney like structures in Malaysia.




Chimney reinforcement materials




Brick samples from the chimney.







Chimney Museum
https://www.pl.gov.my/sejarah-labuan1