for used as explosive at the coal mine nearby.
The Powder Magazine was designed to minimized the risk
if an explosion were to happen, should one occurred,
its thick wall and thin roof would direct the blast safely upwards.
The powder magazine which locals call 'Gedung Ubat ' have been
left without a signboard until i found a shocking and truly distorted one
recently in 2020 (possibly due to the pandemic), to say that it was used by the Japanese occupiers
as an ammo storage means only to show how ignorant whoever drafted it
toward history.
Ammunition for guns and cannons in the late 19th and early 20th century
so there is no way this small ammo dump situated at a remote part of the island
would have been used by the Japanese as written on the signage.
Silver) on new development of the coal mine
clearly mentioned the building of a powder magazine in 1875.
A rough sketch of a grainy map of the area i got from a friend
for clearer illustration.
A screenshot of an image overlay with google earth
Thick wall above and thin roof photo below
Why is it called a Powder Magazine?
It is taken originally from the Arabic word "makahazin" meaning "warehouse" via Italian and Middle French.
A gunpowder magazine is a magazine (building) designed to store the explosive gunpowder in wooden barrels for safety.
Distorted history done without proper research.A 1945 allied war map of Labuan in preparation for the Borneo campaign clearly show no activity at the Kubong Bluff area. Most Japanese military installations were on the southern part of the island as seen on the map.