Year of Publication

1950

Description

A mosaic of 18 sheets of aerial photographs of Singapore:

Sheet 1 covers Bukit Timah, including Malayan Railway, Jurong Road, Clementi Road, Yarwood Road, Holland Road, Bukit Timah Road and Swiss Club Road.

Sheet 2 covers Race Course, including Bukit Timah Road, Sime Road, Adam Park, Race Course, Golf Course and MacRitchie Reservoir.

Sheet 3 covers Thomson Village, including MacRitchie Reservoir, Thomson Road, Braddell Road, Mt. Pleasant Road, Adam Road, Kheam Hock Road, Lornie Road and Sime Road.

Sheet 4 covers Braddell Road, including Woodleigh Park.

Sheet 7 covers Clementi Road, including Malayan Railway, Holland Road, Clementi Road and Ulu Pandan Road.

Sheet 8 covers Farrer Road, including Bukit Timah Road, North Buona Vista Road, Holland Road, Leedon Road, Cluny Road, Farrer Road and Adam Road.

Sheet 9 covers Stevens Road, including Police Training School, Botanic Gardens, University of Malaya, Tanglin Road, Orchard Road, Anderson Road, Stevens Road, Scotts Road, Dalvey Road, Khean Hock Road, Mount Pleasant Road, Chancery Lane, Malcolm Road, Clemenceay Avenue, Kg Java Road, Thomson Road, Bukit Timah Road, Nassim Road, Newton Road and Newton Circus.

Sheet 10 covers Balestier Road, including Farrer Park, Whitley Road, Thomson Road, Cavenagh Road, Kampong Java Road, Crawford Street, Moulmein Road, Serangoon Roan, Kallang Road, Jalan Besar Road, Lavender Street, Crawford Street and Bukit Timah Road.

Sheet 11 covers Kallang River, including Kallang Airport, MacPherson Road, Aljunied Road, Geylang Road, Aljunied Road and Serangoon Road.

Sheet 12 covers Geylang, including Paya Lebar Road, Geylang Road, Joo Chiat Road, Tanjong Katong Road, Dunman Road, Telok Kurau Road, Changi Road, Jalan Eunos and East Coast Road.

Sheet 15 covers River Valley Road, including Orchard Road, Jervois Road, Alexandra Road, Chatsworth Road, Napier Road, Grange Road, Singapore River, Tanglin Road, RIver Valley Road, Tiong Bahru Road, Outram Road, Kim Seng Road, Paterson Road, Havelock Road.

Sheet 16 covers Singapore Town, including Fort Canning, Govt House Domain, Pearl’s Hill, Empress Place, Singapore River, River Valley Road and South Bridge Road, New Bridge Road, North Bridge Road, Bukit Timah Road, Serangoon Road, Selegie Road, Bras Basah Road, Beach Road, Stamford Road, St Andrew’s Road, Havelock Road, Orchard Road and Clemenceau Avenue.

Sheet 17 covers Tanjong Rhu, including Singapore Kallang Airport, Beach Road, Crawford Street, Fort Road, Rochor Road, Meyer Road, Mountbatten Road, tanjpng Rhu Road, Kalang River, Geylang River and Rochor River.

Sheet 18 covers Katong, including East Coast Road, Tanjong Katong Road, Meyer Road and Mountbatten Road.

Sheet 20 covers Buona Vista, including Pulau Hantu, Pulau Blakang Mati, Tanjong Berlayar, Pasir Panjang Road, Telok Blangah road, Alexandra Road and South Buona Vista Road.

Sheet 21 covers Keppel Harbour, including Pulau Brani and Pulau Blakang Mati. Major features include Outram Road, General Hospital, Telok Blangah Road, Cantonment Road, Neil Road, Keppel Road, Kampong Bahru Road, New Bridge Road, Malayan Railway and Railway Station.

Sheet 22 covers Tanjong Pagar, including Tanjong Pagar Road, Keppel Road, Anson Road, Cantonment Road, Neil Road, Robinson Road, Cross Street, Cecil Street, Raffles Quay, New Bridge Road, South Bridge Road, Neil Road, Trafalgar Street, Maxwell Road, Cross Street and other streets.

Sheet 27 covers Blakang Mati, including part of Pulau Brani and Selat Sengkir.

Credits

The photomaps were compiled by No. 2 Air Survey Liaison Section R.E. with photographs taken by 81 Squadron Royal Air Force, scanned by Sakinah Yusof, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (NUS), georeferenced by Leon Gaw Yan Feng, and mosaicked by NUS Libraries.

Suggested Citation

No. 2 Air Survey Liaison Section R. E. and 81 (P. R.) Squadron R. A. F. 1950. Singapore Photomaps, [ca. 1:6,336]. Sheet 1 to 4, 7 to 12, 15 to 18, 20 to 22, 27. [London]: [Royal Air Force]. In: “Historical Maps of Singapore, digitised by Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, made available by NUS Libraries.” https://libmaps.nus.edu.sg.

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