Go Downs

Clarke Quay was once a place where many çoolies worked. They had to lug heavy loads of cargo from the lighters or bumboats into the go downs. The go downs were built in the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century, and it was these go downs that made Clarke Quay the warehouse centre of Singapore's entrepot trade. After Clarke Quay was declared a conservation area in 1989, five blocks of the go downs and warehouses were converted for commercial use, combining shopping, dining and entertainment. ( Ref: http://heritagetrails.sg/content/950/Clarke_Quay.html )

The following are some photographs taken in the vicinity of the go downs, providing glimpses of our ancestors sweating and toiling under the hot sun.