Geylang Road, from Lorong 16 Geylang : general view



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28 Jan 1982

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This 1982 photograph depicts Geylang Road (from Lorong 16 Geylang on the right, towards the east). It shows a view of a street with a low-rise building to the left and an overhead pedestrian bridge in the background. Geylang is believed to be a corruption of the term "kilang", Malay for factory, from the coconut and lemongrass processing factories of the area. Title devised by Library staff.


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Geylang (Singapore)--Photographs

Streets--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs

Commercial buildings--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs

Footbridges--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs

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Streets

Commercial buildings

Pedestrian bridges

Streets and Places

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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