This photograph shows a bumboat (also called twakow or tongkang), filled with goods, passing below Elgin Bridge. In the background is the Singapore River and its surrounding areas. Financial buildings like UOB Building (now UOB Plaza Tower 2) and OCBC Centre are framed against the skyline. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated.

Credit Line

From the Kouo Shang-Wei Collection 郭尚慰珍藏. All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007

Subjects

• Architecture and Landscape
• Commerce and Industry>>Transportation
• Singapore River (Singapore)--Photographs
• Boats and boating--Singapore--Photographs
• Commercial buildings--Singapore--Photographs
• Arts>>Architecture>>Public and commercial buildings
• Law and government>>Safety administration>>Marine transportation
• Rivers--Singapore--Photographs
• Bridges--Singapore--Photographs