Firestone Tire & Rubber Company factory : side view [2]



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13 Jul 1982

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1982 photograph shows the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company factory, located at Kallang Road (between Sir Arthur's Bridge and old Airport gate). The Kallang area is believed to be named after the "orang biduanda kallang", sea gypsies who lived in the vicinity. Title devised by Library staff.


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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company--Photographs

Kallang Basin (Singapore)--Photographs

Commercial buildings--Singapore--Kallang Basin--Photographs

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Industrial buildings

Streets and Places

Commercial buildings

Trade and industry

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

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