THE MALACCA SEA AND RIVER
| UNTITLED (MALAYA, MALACCA RIVER) THIS PICTURE DEPICTS A PAINTING OF THE MALACCA RIVER. COOLIES ARE LOADNG AND UNLOADING GOODS FROM THE CHINESE JUNKS MOORED ALONG THE RIVER BANK. DATE : c 1920 |
| QUAY OF MALACCA THE MALACCA RIVER WAS CROWDED WITH SAMPANS, TONGKANGS, PRABUS AND KOLEKS. ON THE LEFT ARE LANDINGS STEP FOR THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF GOODS. DATE : c 1920 |
| ST. FRANCIES ZAVIER CHURCH, MALACCA THE TAN KIM SENG BRIDGE CONNECTED THE TWO SIDES OF THE MALACCA RIVER. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE THE TWIN TOWERS OF THE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH. DATE : c 1920 |
| KIM SENG BRIDGE, MALACCA S.S THE BRIDGE WAS DONATED BY TAN KIM SENG (1805-1864), WHO ALSO DONATED THE BUKIT JELUTONG CEMETERY AND THE TAN BENG SWEE CLOCK TOWER. |
| LANDING PLACE SOUTH SIDE OF RIVER MALACCA ON THE MALACCA RIVER IS A LARGE TWO-MAST SAILING BOAT. OTHER SMALLER BOATS ARE AROUND IT. BY THE RIVER'S BANK IS A ROW OF TWO-STOREY SHOPHOUSES. DATE : c 1920 |
| LANDING PLACE, MALACCA THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE MOUTH OF THE MALACCA RIVER; ON THIS NOW IS BUILT THE MALACCA MARITIME MUSEUM (A REPLICA OF THE FLOR DE LA MAR, THE FLAGSHIP OF THE PORTUGUESE FLEET OF 1511THAT CAPTURED MALACCA) DATE : c 1920 |
| LANDING STEPS, MALACCA THE LANDING STEPS ON THE BANK OF THE MALACCA RIVER, IN THE FOREGROUND IS A SAILING BOAT MANNED BY INDIAN SAILORS. DATE : c 1923 |
| THE PIER AND HOUBOUR OF MALACCA SILTING WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM; THIS PIER WAS EXTENDED FURTHER IN ORDER FOR IT TO REACH DEEPERS WATER. DATE : c 1916 |
| MALACCA PIER THIS BROMIDE PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOWS THE LONG PIER; SHIPS USING THE MALACCA PORT HAD TO ANCHOR AT LEAST TWO MILES OUT TO SEA AS THE MALACCA RIVER WAS CLOGGED BY SANDBANKS. DATE : c 1930 |
| OLD TOWN MALACCA WHEN APPROACHING MALACCA FROM THE OPEN SEA, ONE IS IMPRESSED BY ITS QUAINT AND PICTURESQUE APPEARANCE. HOUSESWHICH FACE THE MAIN STREET HAVE THEIR BACK TO THE SHORE. DATE : c 1910 |
| THE SEA-SHORE, MALACCA. MALAY BOYS ROWING BOATS A BROMIDE PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOWING THE SEA-SHORE THAT IS LINED WITH COCONUT TREE; MALAY BOYS ARE ROWING IN TWO SAMPANS IN THE SEA. DATE : c 1930 |
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