https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22 en-us 2016-06-18 10:53:59 UTC 2026-01-30 22:53:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvjIGxi0SF9Lf_G_fwhN_PdW8v8ztzuotgVxx_Nqarz7Kgn0LGA16l7q_f limvalerie516 https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/114950761 Ans: The road is named after John Turnbull Thomson.]]> 2016-06-18 11:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/114950761 limvalerie516 https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/114950768 Ans: John Turnbull Thomson was a Scotsman who was the Government Surveyor and Chief Engineer of the Straits Settlements from 1841 to 1853 and who helped build many roads into the interior of Singapore beyond the core of the city centre in the south. Some of the examples of things he did were He carried out repairs and lowering of the Coleman Bridge and He was the architect and builder of building like the first bridge across the Kallang River, known as Thomson Bridge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital at Serangoon Road, the spire for the St. Andrew's Cathedral, and many more.

The road was then named after him in his honour.

]]> 2016-06-18 11:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/114950768 limvalerie516 https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/114952826 Ans: Thomson Road]]> 2016-06-18 13:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/114952826 limvalerie516 https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/115759488 Thomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas. The Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit was a former race circuit on Thomson Road encompassing Old Upper Thomson Road in Singapore.]]> 2016-06-30 16:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/115759488 limvalerie516 https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/115759865 Thomson was born at Glororum, Northumberland, England, the third child of Alexander Thomson. He was educated at Wooler and Duns Academy, later spending some time attached to Marischal College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University before studying engineering at Peter Nicholson's School of Engineering at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Thomson arrived in the Malay Straits in 1838 and was employed by the East India Survey. In 1841 he was appointed Government Surveyor at Singapore and in 1844 became Superintendent of Roads and Public Works. He was responsible for the design and construction of a number of notable engineering works including bridges, roads, and hospitals. He conducted the allotment survey of Singapore, the topographical survey of the island of Singapore and its dependencies, and the marine survey of the Straits of Singapore and the east coasts of Johor and Penang. His outstanding achievement was the erection of the Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pedra Branca.

]]> 2016-06-30 16:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/115759865 limvalerie516 https://padlet.com/limvalerie516/Valerie_Lim_Jia_Xuan_1E_22/wish/115760310 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Turnbull_Thomson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_Road_Grand_Prix_circuit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_Road,_Singapore
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