An early 20th century map, 'Map Of Singapore, published by the British War Office [1] contains several named hills in the Telok Blangah Hill area. I have list below some of them, together with their present names.
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| Figure 1. Excerpt of "Map Of Singapore" (1906, Corrections to 1914 ) [1] showing the subsidiary summits of Telok Blangah Hill (Labeled as Green Hill). |
The name on the map (Height) [whether the hill has been massively disfigured/disappeared]: Current name. And any further information.
Green Hill (Current Height: 93 m [2]): Telok Blangah Hill/Mt Faber II. See an earlier blog for more information.
Coffee Hill (Original height: 85m [3]) [Disappeared]: Mt Faber II Service Reservoir. The reservoir seems to have been constructed sometime between 1978 and 1983. Current height at about 70 m.
Sugar Loaf Hill (Current Height: 77 m [2]): West end of Henderson Waves Bridge linking Telok Blangah Hill Park and Mount Faber Park.
Mount Washington & Chinaman's House (Current Height: 75m [3]): Alkaff Mansion (Figure 2). See an earlier blog for more information. A nearby summit (Today known as Picnic Hill in Telok Blangah Hill Park) of similar height seems also to be part of Mount Washington.
Red Hill [Disappeared] : Mount Faber Green HDB estate, Telok Blangah Crescent. Is this the 'Red Hill' of the current Redhill? Could be. Although there are earlier mentions of a 'Red Hill' already in an 1852 "Map Of Singapore Island, And Its Dependencies" (More about this in a future post)
Arab Hill [Disappeared] : The Interlace
Queen's own Hill and King's own Hill [Disappeared] : Telok Blangah Heights HDB estate
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| Figure 1. Alkaff Mansion. Although constructed in 1918, there was already another house at this location since at least the last 19th century. Since at least the early 1900s, this summit has been known as Mount Wahsington. |
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| Figure 2. View of Sugar Loaf Hill from the Henderson Waves Bridge. |
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| Figure 3. Mt Faber II Service Reservoir. The reservoir seems to have been constructed sometime between 1978 and 1983 and Coffee Hill (Original height: 85m) was levelled. Current height ~70 m. |
References
[1] Map Of Singapore, (War Office, 1906 Corrections to March 1914) by Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2241. Retrieved from National Archives of Singapore.
[2] Singapore 1:50,000 Series SMU 075, Edition 11 (Mapping Unit, Ministry of Defense, Singapore, 2017).
[3] Singapore Instrumental Plot - Alexandra Road and Jalan Bukit Merah [1:2,500 Topographical Map] (Produced by Fairey Surveys Ltd. for the Government of Singapore, Singapore, 1970).
