Koeala Langsa was harbour place of Langsa, connected with town by 9 km side line of Atjeh-tram running middle through bakoe-bakoe mangrove swamp.
Harbour description
Long roomy jetty built, extendable at will at harbor water 15-20 metres deep. On bank at entrance sea mouth at low water still 14 foot depth. Opportunity envied by many small trade harbours Indies. Average 36 vessels monthly cleared, majority Kon. Paketvaart, weekly Chinese boat Penang, Chinese tongkangs fetching goods.
Company Guntzel & Schumacher had own coastal shipping tug with tongkangs plying between Idi and Belawan in connection timber permits tidal forests.
Road through bakoe-bakoe is whole area messy plant growth in marsh maintained by sea water, classic Sumatra occurrence where man extracts wood, bark, nipah leaf with sacrifice health and lifespan.
See Also
Account from Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu
Harbor town of Langsa, only reachable by A.S.S. (9 km). Has large harbor emplacement and steiger where large K.P.M. ships can lie.
Source: J. Jongejans, Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 90.
Source
Atjeh als land voor handel en bedrijf, by Dr. R. Broersma, Gebrs. Cohen, Utrecht, 1925, pp. 14-16.
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. 90.