This 1968 photograph shows Neil Road with shophouses lining both sides of the road. Also seen in the picture is a man pushing his trishaw along. Known in the past as Silat (or Selat or Salat) Road, Neil Road was renamed in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny hero, Brigadier-General James George Smith Neil. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All Rights Reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Roads--Singapore--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Photographs
• Multipurpose buildings--Singapore--Photographs