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Box mangles were large and primarily intended for pressing laundry smooth; they were used by wealthy households, large commercial laundries, and self-employed "mangle women". Middle-class households and independent washerwomen used upright mangles for wringing water out of laundry, and in the later 19th century they were more widely used than ...
Nowadays the word mangle suggests a wringing device for removing water from laundry in some English-speaking countries, but the box mangle was used for pressing and smoothing, and was an alternative to hot ironing for larger items. Flat items, like sheets and tablecloths, usually needed no further ironing.
Overhead clothes airers were often installed, from the late eighteenth century onwards, in the laundry room of large houses and estates in Europe. Originally made by the estate handyman, by the middle of the 19th century they almost always benefited from a rope and pulley system to raise and lower the rack, and such systems began to be ...
Gay World Hotel. Until recently, the only sign of Gay World Park's existence was a converted-shophouse hotel, Gay World Hotel (since renovated and renamed Habyt Kallang [33]). Bearing the same name as Gay World Park, Gay World Hotel was located across Geylang Road, where Gay World Park was once situated. [34]
Conrad Centennial Singapore (Chinese：康莱德酒店) is a hotel located in the Downtown Core (near Millenia Tower), Marina Centre, Singapore. The hotel has 512 guest rooms including 25 suites, and 31 floors with two basements. It was designed by Johnson Burgee Architects, and completed in 1996. The hotel's carpark is shared with Millenia Walk.
Liang Court (Simplified Chinese: 亮阁, Traditional Chinese: 亮閣, Pinyin: Liàng Gé) was a shopping mall located in the vicinity of Clarke Quay, on the Singapore River. It was part of a mixed-use complex that includes the hotel Novotel Clarke Quay (formerly Hotel New Otani) and Somerset Liang Court Residences (formerly Liang Court Regency).
Mandarin Oriental is located in Marina Centre, Singapore. [2] Opened in 1987 as The Oriental Singapore, the hotel underwent renovations in 2004 [3] and 2023. [4] In both 2010 and 2011, Mandarin Oriental, Singapore was named in Condé Nast Traveler's Gold List. [5] The hotel's 527 rooms and suites overlook the Singapore city skyline. [6]
Raffles City is a large complex located in the Civic District within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore. Occupying an entire city block bounded by Stamford Road , Beach Road , Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road , it houses two hotels and an office tower over a podium which contains a shopping complex and a convention centre.