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HALLPIKE STREET ...
Hallpike Street, between High Street and North Boat Quay, is named after Stephen Hallpike, a blacksmith, who owned a boatyard from 1836 to 1844 along a stretch of Singapore river at the end of the street . ...
STALLS ALONG A STREET ...
STONE RUBBING INSCRIPTION OF MEMORIAL PLAQUE OF STEPHEN HALLPIKE, BRICKED INTO THE WALLS OF THE FORT CANNING PARK. HE ARRIVED IN SINGAPORE IN 1826 AND WAS BY TRADE A BLACKSMITH. ACCORDING TO CHARLES BUCKLEY, HALLPIKE FOUNDED THE FIRST SHIPYARD IN SINGAPORE. HALLPIKE STREET IS NAMED AFTER HIM. ...
Boat Quai, Singapore, 1893 : general view This is a photograph of Boat Quay (spelt as Quai) with a number of sampans floating nearby. It was