The Chimney Museum

The Chimney Museum is an exhibition hall in Kubong, Labuan, Malaysia. The exhibition hall points of interest the historical backdrop of Kubong when coal mining was at its crest under the organization of the British North Borneo Chartered Company. The region around the historical center used to be a noteworthy coal mining site amid the British North Borneo organization from 1847 until 1911. Amid archeological delving work was done in 1997, archeologists discovered 12 layers of blocks underneath the fireplace.

Likewise around the same time, soil work was completed to balance out and strengthen the structure of the stack and furthermore rebuilding to its unique structure. The gallery was authoritatively opened in 2002. The exhibition hall has gotten the International Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice and Sustainable Development 2013 honors for its chronicled design style. He exhibition hall additionally includes a smokestack tower which is a staying from the past coal mining exercises in the territory.

Worked in the mid 1900s, the fireplace is a rectangular-shape structure with 32 meters in stature. It is completely worked by red blocks tallied up to 23,000 pieces which were foreign from the United Kingdom. It has a British engineering style. There is an opening and two curve formed entryways confronting west and south inside the stack. The genuine capacity of the stack has not been completely decided up until today.