COLLYER QUAY, SINGAPORE
Collyer Quay, Singapore. Named after George Chancellor Collyer, then chief engineer of the Straits Settlements, Collyer Quay was built by convict labour through land reclamation and completed in 1864. It served as an important landing point for the unloading and storage of goods transported along the Singapore River.
c.1900
19980005492 - 0012
92,114/09A
125983
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Collyer Quay, Singapore. Named after George Chancellor Collyer, then chief engineer of the Straits Settlements, Collyer Quay was built by convict labour through land reclamation and completed in 1864. It served as an important landing point for the unloading and storage of goods transported along the Singapore River.

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