Title
A view of Singapore River
Year/Period
Early-mid 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 10.2 x 15.6 cm
Accession No.
1995-02486
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Maurice Kayser
The Singapore River was the centre of trading activities. This picture shows the sailing lighters, ‘tongkangs’ and ‘twakows’, anchored along the river’s edge. These lighters ferried goods from seagoing vessels to the river banks where merchants had set up godowns and offices to facilitate easier landing and unloading of the goods.
