Construction of OCBC Centre, 1970s : panoramic view [3]

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This is a photograph showing the OCBC Centre under construction, with other commercial buildings in the vicinity. At the building site are a pair of tower cranes, one at each of the two concrete pillars being built to support the transfer girders for each of the three 14-storey segments. The 52-storey building, designed by I.M. Pei, is a tower of three window segments supported by two solid pillars. Bumboats (also called twakows or tongkangs) and goods lighters are seen in the Singapore River. Physical dimensions of original: 16 x 31 cm. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated.