Chatham Saw Mill
One of Asia's oldest and largest sawmills, built in 1883. Visitors can watch logs being processed and tour a forest museum.
Chatham Saw Mill is located on Chatham Island, which is linked to the city by bridge. Set up by the British colonial authorities in 1883, it claims to be one of Asia's oldest and largest sawmills, and it still processes hardwoods such as Andaman padauk. Visitors can watch logs being transported, cut and dried. The grounds include a Forest Museum displaying various woods and wood carvings, and bomb craters left by Japanese bombing during World War II are still preserved. Admission is cheap. It is closed on Sundays, and a visit takes about an hour. A taxi from the Cellular Jail takes about 10 minutes.
Opening hours
Mon–Sat 08:30–14:30; closed Sundays
Nearby sights
- Samudrika Naval Marine Museum
- Cellular Jail
- Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex & Marina Park
- Zonal Anthropological Museum
- Mount Harriet National Park (Mount Manipur)
- North Bay Island
- Viper Island
- Ross Island (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep)