00:00A segment of the pre-war trolley track from 1895 has been uncovered near Fort Cornwallis in Penang.
00:09The seven-meter-long narrow-gauge track was found on June 26,
00:13during the sidewalk-upgrading work of Jalantun Syed Sheh Barakba near the fort's northwest bastion.
00:20Penang Chief Minister Chao Konyao and officials from different government agencies visited the site on Wednesday.
00:26He said the British-built track, possibly used during the Japanese occupation period, was an extraordinary and unexpected discovery.
00:34He said following an in-situ evaluation, the Heritage Department had approved plans to conserve the track as an exhibit, integrating it into the North Seafront Enhancement Project.
00:45This is not the first such discovery as another track segment was found within Fort Cornwallis between 2017 and 2018,
00:53helping historians trace the route of a former military supply loop.
00:58Archival records and pre-1945 maps suggest the light railway once linked the Esplanade's military depots to Penang Port's eastern shoreline.
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