Where modern-day Bendemeer MRT Station is
Did you know that the Kallang Basin was once Singapore’s front door to the world? Long before Marina Bay’s skyline became iconic, this sheltered water body at the mouth of the Kallang River was a bustling hub where seafarers, traders, and local communities converged.
From kampongs on stilts and floating attap houses to grand national events and today’s waterfront sports precinct, Kallang Basin has witnessed Singapore’s remarkable transformation – quietly holding stories of heritage, resilience, and reinvention beneath its calm waters.
Kallang Basin has witnessed Singapore’s remarkable transformation – quietly holding stories of heritage, resilience, and reinvention beneath its calm waters.
“Some of the land areas of Singapore were reclaimed from the rivers and the seas to create new land in order to support a growing population in the early days. This is known as land reclamation.
The HDB also carried out reclamation projects to build flats so that Singaporeans can have a roof over their heads. The earliest reclamation project was focused on Kallang Basin.
Before the reclamation in the early 1960s, Kallang Basin used to be surrounded by squatter huts where residents lived in unsanitary conditions.
More, at https://rememberinghdbestates.blogspot.com/2018/05/first-land-reclamation-project-by-hdb.html
At its greatest extent, the Kallang Basin once extended as far north as today’s Bendemeer Road.
“Much of the lands around Kallang Basin are the result of extensive land reclamation.
Areas of the modern-day Singapore Sports Hub, the former Kallang Airport, the condominium clusters along Tanjong Rhu Road, the industrial estate at Kallang Bahru, and the area south of Nicoll Highway were once part of a much larger Kallang Basin prior to land reclamation.
Numerous islands also existed in the Kallang Basin, including Pulau Mengalu which was located at where modern-day Bendemeer MRT station is.
At its greatest extent, the Kallang Basin once extended as far north as today’s Bendemeer Road.”
More, at https://www.wikiwand.com
Bendemeer Market & Food Centre at 29 Bendemeer Road, Singapore 330029.
More, at National Archives Singapore
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