Singapore

Date: 1923-1924 Reference: MRQ 1/47 (1 of 4) Creator: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments held at the Public Record Office, Kew Catalogue context: 2 items (illustrating coastal defence reconnaissance reports 2B and 5B submitted by Lieut Col H R Brancker RA, 15 November 1924) extracted from WO 32/3622 . (2) Map, in 4 sheets joined, of Singapore showing waterways, swamps, roads, bridges and railways. Insets show (i) Pulau Pawai and Pulau Senang; and (ii) Pulau Tekong. Reference tables. Index to bridges over the Singapore River. Scale: 1 inch to 0.5 mile. Printed at the Central Survey Office, K[uala] L[umpur]. Annotated 'Surveyed on a Scale of 4 Inches to a mile. This map has been produced by Photographic Reproduction direct from the Field Sheets'. Coloured, MS additions show the location of observation posts and battery positions photographed during coast defence reconnaissance, June to August 1923, at Johore Hill and Point. (1) Part of another copy of the same map, showing an area south west of Singapore town. A further copy of part of the map, showing an area around Tanjong Karang, remains in WO 32/3622. Categories: Maps and plans; Overseas Subjects: Archives and libraries; Asia; Maps and plans; Railways Topics: International trade and affairs; Land and buildings; Transport and travel Period: Interwar Places: Singapore Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf