Kolenstation (English: “Coal station”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Coaling facility for naval and merchant ships at Sabang; original purpose of the harbor.
Translation
Coal station
Description
Coaling facility for naval and merchant ships at Sabang; original purpose of the harbor.
Significance
The term Kolenstation 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. 281.