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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
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.
The city of Bangkok, Thailand was bombed by the Allies on numerous occasions during World War II. It was also the target for the first combat mission by Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in June 1944.
Allied bombing of Rama VI Bridge
Consolidated B-24 Liberators in formation
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Model of a Ki-43 in Thailand