Read Bridge
At the Read Bridge
At the Read Bridge
The Read Bridge was named after William Henry McLeod Read,who was a businessman and legislator in Singapore in 1889. The area around Read Bridge was famous for firewood as there was a firewood boat jetty (Cha Chun Tau) just beside the bridge and the presence of many firewood traders.
The locals also called the Read Bridge, 'Malacca Bridge', due to its proximity to Kampong Malacca. This brings us to the Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka, named after Syed Omar bin Ali Aljunied, and which is the first mosque built in Singapore.
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