Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu was a Danish naval officer and businessman who became a Siamese admiral and minister of the navy. He was granted the Thai noble title Phraya Chonlayutthayothin.
Chulalongkorn in Norway. Chulalongkorn is in the center sitting with Andreas behind him
Hans Niels Andersen and Andreas du Plessis du Richelieu in 1932
Andreas' sarcophagus at Church of Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Siam Electricity Company
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The Siam Electricity Company Limited was the first power company in Thailand. It provided electricity for Bangkok from its Wat Liap Power Plant throughout the first half of the twentieth century, and also was a major operator of the city's tram system.
The power plant, seen behind Wat Ratchaburana in a USAAF World War II file
The power station (4 & 5) and workshop (6) at the Siam Electricity Company, from the 1908 book Twentieth Century Impressions of Siam
The power station was bombed by RAF Liberator aircraft on 14 April 1945.