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This is a group photo taken at MacRitchie Reservoir. Located off Lornie Road and completed in the late 1860s, the reservoir was the first water supply system implemented in Singapore. Photograph donated by Teo Gek Huay and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_484. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Teo Gek Huay.
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