Английская Википедия:Batavian Eastern Railway Company
The Batavian Eastern Railway Company (Dutch: Bataviasche Oosterspoorweg Maatschapij), abbreviated as BOS, was a railway company in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. The railroad's Шаблон:Convert route connected Batavia with Krawang via Meester Cornelis and Bekasi.[1]
The Chinese-Indonesian author Tan Teng Kie wrote a syair poem about the construction of the railway line in the 1880s.[2][3] In it, Tan talks in great detail about the organisation necessary for building the railway line, from the recruitment of coolies, to compensation paid out to local villagers, and on to the cooperation of local Landheeren (landlords), including Tan Kang Ie, the Luitenant der Chinezen of Bekasi at the time.[3]
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Шаблон:Indonesia-transport-stub
Шаблон:Asia-rail-transport-stub
- ↑ Highways of commerce: The ocean lines, railways, canals, and other trade routes of foreign countries United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Govt. Print. Off., 1899 pag3e 595
- ↑ Engineers of Happy Land: Technology and Nationalism in a Colony by Rudolf Mrázek page 257
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite journal