2. Hello everyone!
Let me introduce myself.
I am a bridge, a very old bridge.
My name is CAVENAGH.
Have you seen me before?
No? Let me show you some pictures.
6. I was born in 1868.
Your grandparents and parents
were not born yet.
Maybe your great grandparents
would have been born by then.
That is how old I am.
10. Before the bridge was built, people
used boats to cross the river.
They had to wait a long time and
even pay for their ride.
It cost about one cent per ride.
11. For a long time, trams, cattle,
horses and people used me and I
was overcrowded.
When my brother Anderson was
born in 1909, he helped to take
over some of my work.
I was grateful.
14. There is a sign board on me that
reads:
Police Notice
The use of this bridge is prohibited to
any vehicles… and to all cattle and
horses.
15. I’ve seen Singapore grow
from this…
… to this! And I’m excited to
see where we will go next!
16. Come and visit me
and my 4 siblings! We
are called the 5
heritage bridges.
17. We are proud that we can
continue to play our part
to serve the people of Singapore.
Will you play your part too?
Notas do Editor
Photo courtesy of National Heritage Board
Photo courtesy of National Heritage Board
Photo courtesy of Sengkang of English.Wikipedia [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
Photo courtesy of Sengkang of English.Wikipedia [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
Teacher’s notes:
Get students to calculate how old the bridge is today. (147 years old)
Reference:
National Library Board (2004), Cavenagh Bridge, http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2_2004-12-17.html?v=1&utm_expid=85360850-6.qNOOYF40RhKK6gXsQEaAJA.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.sg%2F. Accessed 17 May 2015.
From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009. (Picture of bridge in 1900s)
Teacher’s notes:
Cavenagh Bridge’s steel body was made in Scotland and assembled in Singapore.
Link to lesson: The building bricks in the Building My SG set were made overseas (students may refer to the box for the list of countries). Students are like engineers of the past, assembling the bridge in Singapore.
From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009. (Picture of bridge in 1890s)
Teacher’s notes:
People could easily travel between the business side and the government offices located on the different banks of the river with the bridge.
Bum boats can only go under the bridge during low tide.
Reference:
National Library Board (2004), Cavenagh Bridge, http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2_2004-12-17.html?v=1&utm_expid=85360850-6.qNOOYF40RhKK6gXsQEaAJA.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.sg%2F. Accessed 17 May 2015.
Reference:
National Library Board (2004), Cavenagh Bridge, http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2_2004-12-17.html?v=1&utm_expid=85360850-6.qNOOYF40RhKK6gXsQEaAJA.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.sg%2F. Accessed 17 May 2015.
Reference:
National Library Board (2004), Cavenagh Bridge, http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2_2004-12-17.html?v=1&utm_expid=85360850-6.qNOOYF40RhKK6gXsQEaAJA.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.sg%2F. Accessed 17 May 2015.
From the Kouo Shang-Wei Collection 郭尚慰收集. All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007 . (Picture of bridge in 1900s).
Reference:
National Library Board (2004), Cavenagh Bridge, http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2_2004-12-17.html?v=1&utm_expid=85360850-6.qNOOYF40RhKK6gXsQEaAJA.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.sg%2F. Accessed 17 May 2015.
From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009. (Picture of bridge in 1960s).
From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009. [Left] (Picture of bridge in 1900s)
Photo courtesy of Sengkang of English.Wikipedia [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. [Right]
Teacher’s notes
Today, there are no more bum boats on the river. The river is cleaner now and only boats that bring people for sight seeing ply it. The buildings around are now taller.
Photo courtesy of CH Lim (2015)
Teacher’s notes:
The 5 bridges are Anderson, Elgin, Read, Ord and Cavenagh and they can be found across the Singapore River. They are known as the 5 heritage bridges.
Reference:
Urban Redevelopment Authority (2015), Singapore River Bridges, http://www.ura.gov.sg/uol/conservation/conservation-xml.aspx?id=SRB. Accessed 17 May 2015.
