Heritage Trail - Fort Siloso Heritage Trail (2022 0711)
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Address: Siloso Road, Singapore 099981
Opening hours: 10AM-6PM, Daily
Getting There:
By MRT: Alight at Harbourfront MRT and take the tram from Vivocity Station to Beach Station.
By Intra-Island Bus: Board Sentosa Bus A or C and alight at Siloso Point
By Sentosa Beach Shuttle: board at Beach Station and Alight at Siloso Point
Getting There:
Route 1: Fort Siloso Skywalk
Going up 11 storeys (181 metres) onto the Fort Siloso Skywalk for a bird's eye view of the lush greenery and wildlife on the western side of Sentosa.
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Route 2: Fort Siloso via Siloso Trail (Earth)
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Historic Fort Siloso
Trail
Singapore During WWII
Tunnel C Complex builds in 1890 - 6-inch QF Gun Magazine (held 600 rounds of ammunition for the 6 inches QF of Guns
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1880s 6-inch QF Gun Barrel
This is a replica of a 6-inch QF Gun Barrel weight just over 6 tonnes with 45Kg shells. There are formidable anti-ship weapons..png)
Battery Command Post.
On the wall, the calendar shows the date as 14 February 1942, the day that Singapore fell in World War 2 to the Japanese.
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1900s Fort Siloso Square, the main parade square (Big Gun Display)
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Step inside the Casements for an exhibition about World War 2. Casements (Keeping Singapore Strong Video)
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Tunnel B Complex, Tunnel B Complex is located below the 6-inch gun battery.
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Learn about life for Prisoners of War, such as those who were held at Fort Siloso.
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Display showing how ammunition shells were hoisted from the bunker up to the gun above.
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Store (The Occupation Years) and Engine Room buildings are located. These contain exhibitions about Special Operations Force 136, a special military force, and life during the Occupation.
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Wreckage of a Japanese Mitsubishi Army Type 99 Assaulter Plane Engine
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1939 25-poundeer Howitzer Gun Breech Load (BL)
It could operate as a field gun, firing direct at visible targets and as a howitzer by shooting over obstacles. It remained in British service until 1967.
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The tunnel’s long passageways lead down to the cliff face at Siloso Point and the Fire Director Tower.
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This Fire Director Tower formed part of a coast artillery command which directed guns of increased range and accuracy.
The tower directed the firing of the 12-pounder QF gun and the searchlights located on the shore below the gun emplacement.
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1893 12-Pounder QF Gun Breech Load (BL)
Was manufactured at the Elswick Ordnance Company, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Watch Shelter - a re-creation of a room used by soldiers in 1942 that is filled with items from that period.
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Wartime Staple Garden- Learn more about what people ate during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore.
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Surrender Chambers (Waxworks re-enactment) show two surrenders that took place in Singapore.
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The Life of A Soldier
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Guardroom with a Union Jack flying on the flagpole outside.
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1885 The soldiers and coolies who had to parbuckle (a method of hauling items uphill) cannons and ammunition up the hill by muscle power alone.
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60-day journey that it took from Britain to Singapore in 1885 - HMS Troopship - 1885. (Troopship & Barrack Room)
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Barracks & Officer's Mess
Replica of soldier’s living quarter (Barrack Room), Laundry Room, Cookhouse and Tailor’s Shop.
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Guard's Bungalow (The Quartermaster)
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Fort Siloso – Longyamen
Waves of the Straits on the way out of Fort Siloso, murals painted by Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong
The Granite Wall
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Through the Window
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