Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - Some workers who were digging on Jalan Sudirman Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, suddenly found an ancient cannon weapon about two meters in the ground.
"When I dug suddenly my hooker hit a hard object. Thought it was plumbing pipe, once excavated it turned out to be a cannon," said Suparno, digger worker who found it the first time on Monday.
He said there were three workers doing excavations at the site, and the cannon was first discovered around 15:00 pm.
"This findings we report to a supervisor, I do not know any more after that," he said.
According to him, the location of the cannon was about two meters from the surface and it was very rusty. "Wanted to lift it manually, but we could not," he said.
Committing Officer Head of Banjarmasin Highways Chandra IW said upon the discovery of the ancient cannon weapon, it has been coordinating with the police. "Earlier the police had come to see," he said.
When viewed condition, said Chandra, this cannon gun about three meters in length, it estimated from the Dutch time.
"We do not know yet to who it will be submitted later, maybe tomorrow (Tuesday) to be lifted with heavy equipment," he said.
He admitted, with the discovery of the ancient cannon in the project area, excavations at that point was forced to stop before it stated sterill.
The protocol Jalan Sudirman which coincides in front of the Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin repaired and elevated by the Banjarmasin City Government with the system of road bridge construction or slab file method.
Protocols road elevation project using DAK funds amounting to Rp25 billion, due to frequent inundation from the front of Tatas River bridge to the Merdeka Bridge.
"The length of the bridge will be built about 354 meters, and a width of 8.8 meters with a height of about 80 cm to 20 centimeters from original," said Chandra.
