View of Cavenagh Bridge across the Singapore River

Title
View of Cavenagh Bridge across the Singapore River
Year/Period
1902
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: L13.9 cm x W9.1 cm
Accession No.
1999-02586
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

Built by convict labourers in 1869, Cavenagh Bridge functioned as a much needed link between government offices in Empress Place and Commercial Square, or Raffles Place. The bridge was named after Governor Colonel William Orfeur Cavenagh, the last India-appointed Governor of Singapore.

 

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