bergspoorweg (English: “Mountain railway”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Heavy mountain railway required between Seulimeum and Padang-Tidji to cross the watershed; the missing Seulimeum–Gedeh-Breuëh section was started in 1903 and delivered early 1908.
Translation
Mountain railway
Description
Heavy mountain railway required between Seulimeum and Padang-Tidji to cross the watershed; the missing Seulimeum–Gedeh-Breuëh section was started in 1903 and delivered early 1908.
Significance
The term bergspoorweg is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 291.