South of Pasir Panjang Road

Pasir Panjang Power Station

Pasir Panjang and Telok Blangah have a long history in Singapore. As you may guess from the names, these areas are along the seafront, given that Pasir means "Sand" and Telok means "Bay"

It was recently published that Keppel Club will soon be returned to the government for housing projects. Oh no! Time for a post about that area and its surroundings.

Starting on the West Most part of this post is the Pasir Panjang area.

Taken from NAS: Prob published in 1959

As we can see, before large reclamation projects, Pasir Panjang was already a hive of activity. From the green space on the left (which I can only assume is where Pasir Panjang MRT station is sitting on now), to the right, there is a swimming pool (Haw Par Swimming Pool), a Secondary School (Pasir Panjang Secondary) as well as several round tanks in what would be Pasir Panjang Power Station which still stands (no longer in operation).

Also from NAS dated 1978. Blue Circle is Yew Siang Road where I take reference from.

If we walk Pasir Panjang Park today, we will know from the signboards that the canal (marked in red) was the former coast line. Therefore, we can assume early reclamation resulted in Pasir Panjang Wharf being situated on it. On the right are three schools, Pasir Panjang Secondary School, Batu Berlayar School and Labrador School.

Let's take a look at how these places look like now!

Starting from the left, most of Pasir Panjang Wharf have now turned into Pasir Panjang Port.

Pasir Panjang Port (Taken by Me)

The one circled in blue (Now Shopback Office and Labrador OBS site), and beside but not shown here, the CDE building is probably the old building of the now gone secondary school.

From NAS again 2008 Nautical Chart

In 2008, we can see Pasir Panjang Wharves taking a large area. All the blocks are gone now save for Block 1 (Circled in Red). The rest has become Pasir Panjang Port.

This block located at 151 Pasir Panjang Road, is now an area where there is free parking for those going to offshore islands such as Pulau Semakau, Pulau Sebarok and Pulau Bukum. There is a hive of activity round the clock.

Let's take a closer look at Block 1 and Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal Today.

Inside of Block 1.

Shore Bird in our urban environment

Inside Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal

Only Block 1 Remains. 

Just right behind it are four unmistakable tanks. These were once belonging to Pasir Panjang Power Station.

These old buildings now are used for arts events.

We had the chance to enter the power station for an event. Let's check out the interior.

The Power Station itself with Arts Event Lighting.

Previously there were cables linking to different parts of SG including "ERSKINE HILL".

This place was also responsible for providing power to Bukom via Subsea Cables

High Ceilings of the power station

Pasir Panjang Power Station

That's all for now!