Bukit Timah Road canal, from overhead bridge opposite Leng Kway Baptist Church : general view [1]



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01 Jan 1985

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1985 photograph shows a canal along Bukit Timah Road (from overhead bridge opposite Leng Kway Baptist Church, view northwards). The canal, located between Bukit Timah Road and Dunearn Road, was built to solve the flooding problem in the area. Title devised by Library staff.


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Bukit Timah (Singapore)--Photograph

Canals--Singapore--Bukit Timah--Photographs

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Canals

Streets and Places

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

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