Our heritage is worth preserving : a photographic journey around 48 buildings, bridges and statues in Singapore



Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)

1983

Our heritage is worth preserving : a photographic journey around 48 buildings, bridges and statues in Singapore

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This booklet contains colourful views of not only gazetted momnuments but also several historical buildings, bridges and statues in Singapore. There are 48 photographs of monuments, places of worship, heritage buildings and statues with brief information about each of them.

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Title
Our heritage is worth preserving : a photographic journey around 48 buildings, bridges and statues in Singapore
Creators
Subject
  • Monuments--Singapore
  • Statues--Singapore
  • Buildings--Singapore
Publisher
  • Jones Lang Wootton, 1983
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1983
Contributors
  • Yak, Eddie
Digital Description
application/pdf, col. ill.
Provenance
Table of Contents
  • Abdul Gaffoor Mosque (1910) -- Academy of Medicine building general hospital grounds (1926) -- Al-Abrar Mosque (1855) -- Anderson Bridge (1910) -- Armenian Church (1835) -- Cathedral of the Good Shepherd (1846) -- Cavenagh Bridge (1869) -- Cenotaph (1922) -- City Hall (1929) -- Coleman Bridge (1886) -- Dalhousie Obelisk (1850) -- Elephant statue (1872) -- Elgin Bridge (1926) -- Former Hill Street police station building (1936) -- Fort Canning cemetery (c. 1833) (includingGateway) -- Fort Canning Gates (1861) -- Government office buildings in Empress Place (1865) -- Hajjah Fatimah Mosque (1846) -- Hong San See (Temple) (1912) -- Horticultural school building (1866) -- House of Tan Yeok Nee (1885) -- Houses in Emerald Hill Road Istana (1869) -- Jamae Mosque (1835) -- Kreta Ayer maternal & child care centre (1903) -- Lim Bo Seng Memorial (1954) -- Memorial to the civilian victims, Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) -- Ministry of Labour building (1930) -- Nagore Durgha (shrine) (1830) -- National Museum (1867)Old Thong Chai medical institution building (1894) -- Parliament House (1827) -- Raffles Hotel (1899) -- Read Bridge (1889) -- Singapore fire brigade HQ building (1909) -- Siong Lim temple (1908) -- Sir Stamford Raffles statue (1887) -- Sri Mariamman Temple (1843) -- Sri Perumal Temple (1966) -- St. Andrew's Cathedral (1862) -- St. George's Church (1911) -- Sultan Mosque (1928) -- Supreme Court (1939) -- Tan Kim Seng fountain (1882) -- Tan Si Chong Su (Temple) (1876) -- Telok Ayer market (1894) -- Thian Hock Keng (Temple) (1842) -- Victoria Theatre & Memorial Hall (1862 & 1905).
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Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.