City hall
Teluk Bahang Dam
Coastal reservoir dam holding the island's largest freshwater supply, its crest doubling as a scenic road above the sea.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Teluk Bahang Dam on Penang Island starts in 1961, with a city engineer named Goh Heng Chong and a warning about the island's water that nobody was ready to pay for. It follows the plan through a shelved budget, a revival in the 1990s with a Chinese state engineering firm, and a tunnel running down the coast to Batu Ferringhi. Best heard while walking out along the crest, with the reservoir on one side and the sea on the other.
This audio guide was created using AI.