Steel bucket for tin dredging.

The younger generation may think these two bucket could be part of transformer monster that had fallen off after a fierce battle some where in the galactic. I do not blame them as the museum authority do not make any effort to identify these items to the visitors.
At one time these manganese steel bucket played an important role in Malaysian economy when tin provide major income to the country. Weighing more than five tonne each, 155 of these bucket connected by chain, formed part of tin dredge that dug out tin ore from the ground. The bucket chain can go as deep as 40 metres into the ground.
The tin dredge itself could weigh as much as 4500 tonne and cost about 5 millions ringgit in 1920. As many as 40 of these monsters can be seen at one time in Perak state alone during the time when Malaysia was producing about 55% of world tin.
To day one of the three tin dredge left in the country can be seen at Tanjung Tualang Ipoh which has remain as part of our heritage.