Old Fire Brigade Station Lookout Tower, Kuching

The Old Fire Brigade Station Lookout Tower (GPS: 1.55907, 110.34246) is the remnant of the old fire station that used to stand here in Kuching. A fire brigade station was built here in 1917, following land reclamation that filled up Batang Gartak river.

When the fire brigade station was pulled down following the completion of a new fire brigade station at Jalan Padungan, some how the old lookout tower was not demolished. Today, the tower stands surrounded by a food centre. The place is often called Open Air - even though nowadays there's a roof over it - while the Old Fire Brigade Station Lookout Tower is called the Open Air Tower. Today the area around the tower is a market known as the Tower Market.

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Old Fire Brigade Station Lookout Tower

Old Fire Brigade Station Lookout Tower is on the Map of Kuching

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