The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan

Hi friends, this is an essay by my student Nor Syafika bt Badrul Hisham on one of the famous historical spots in Malaysia. Hope you will enjoy reading the essay.

The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan

The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan (TILT) is the one of the heritage building in Malaysia. this building was built under the guidance of contractor Leong Cheon Chong in the late 19^th century which is in 1885. This tower was built by the Chinese contractor. The heritage building of Teluk Intan is located in the centre of a square surrounded by Jalan Pasar,  Jalan Selat, Jalan Bandar and Jalan Ah Cheong. Jalan means "Road".

This leaning tower is a one of well-known heritage because it is similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. It is 25.5 metres tall with each storey is 5 metres high and there are a total of 110 steps from he ground floor to the top of the tower. From the outside of the building looks like an eight storeys building, though inside it is actually divided into three storeys.

Actually, the purpose for building tower also known as the clock tower, was to store water tank for the locals during the drought season in case of fire. But then it became citadel for the Japanese when Tanah Melayu (Malaysia) have colonized on that time. That is why the second floor of the tower was use by the scouts in 1940. After the colonial period ended, the Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan have known as one of the heritage building in Malaysia.

This heritage tower leans because of the soft ground on which is was built, as well as the weight of the water in the water tank. Now lets talk about the tank. The water tank is 5 metres high and 18.36 cubic metres deep. The foundations is 13 metres in diameter and tapers to a diameter of 8.2 metres at the top of the tower.

In a nutshell, I hope you will visit this Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan because this is one of the famous historical heritage in Malaysia. If you want to gain more information about this leaning tower, you can search from the internet . We also hope that our writing can attract your attention to search more about this historical heritage. We have more interesting historical places to be treasure here . So hoping that you all excited reading this !