Across the river from Klang to Port Swettenham : general view
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A 1950s photograph showing a bridge, with a bus in the middle, over a river in from Klang to Port Swettenham. Klang was formerly the terminus of the government railway and the port of the State but the title was given to Kuala Lumpur in 1880. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Title transcribed from album. Date of creation estimated.
Credit Line
From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
Subjects
- Commerce and Industry>>Transportation
- Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
- Bridges--Malaysia--Photographs
- Buses--Malaysia--Photographs
- Rivers--Malaysia--Photographs
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