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Cavenagh Bridge. Cavenagh Bridge is the only suspension bridge and one of the oldest bridges in Singapore, spanning the lower reaches of the Singapore River in the Downtown Core. Opened in 1869 [ 1 ] to commemorate Singapore's new Crown colony of the Straits Settlements status in 1867, it is the oldest bridge in Singapore that exists in its ...
The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean art, culture and history.Located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in the country, with its history dating back to when it was first established in 1849, starting out as a section of a library at the Singapore Institution [d] as the Raffles Library and Museum.
Anderson Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that spans across the Singapore River. It is located near the river's mouth in the Downtown Core Planning Area of Singapore 's Central Area. The bridge was completed in 1910, [1] and was named after the Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States (1904–1911 ...
National monuments of Singapore are sites, buildings and structures in Singapore that have been designated by the National Heritage Board (NHB) as being of special historic, traditional, archaeological, architectural or artistic value. For historical significance (World War II, self-independence of Singapore, transformation and the oldest ...
Changi Creek. Chong Pang Bridge. Lentor Avenue. Sungei Seletar. 1°24′10.7″N 103°49′38.9″E / 1.402972°N 103.827472°E / 1.402972; 103.827472 (Chong Pang Bridge) Clemenceau Bridge. Clemenceau Avenue. Singapore River. Coleman Bridge.
The Former Ford Factory (also Old Ford Motor Factory and Old Ford Factory depending on sources) is located along Upper Bukit Timah Road at Bukit Timah in Singapore. It is the place where the British Army forces surrendered to Imperial Japanese Army forces on 15 February 1942 after the Battle of Singapore. The Old Ford Motor Factory had since ...
Coordinates: 1°17′11.5″N 103°51′08.2″E. Chong Fah Cheong, First Generation, near Cavenagh Bridge in Singapore. First Generation is a bronze sculpture by Singaporean sculptor Chong Fah Cheong. [ 1] The sculpture was created as part of a series of sculptures by various sculptors, in the Open Air Interpretative Centre project by the ...
In 1946, The Lim Bo Seng Memorial Committee; a group formed by various Chinese clan associations, the United Chinese Library and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce; was established to raise funds for the memorial and prepared the proposals of the plan to colonial government, one of which proposed the construction of a memorial park around the late Lim Bo Seng's grave at MacRitchie ...