North Boat Quay, with Read Bridge : general view [5]
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10 Apr 1983
Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin
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This 1983 photograph shows North Boat Quay. Read Bridge can be partially seen on the left of the photograph. There are shophouses along the bank of the Singapore River and bumboats are docked at the quay. Also known as tongkangs or twakows, these bumboats were an important form of transportation in the trade activities taking place at the Singapore River in the early days. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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