Updated: October 7, 2005
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| Appearance of Shopping Stores After Covering Construction |
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| Cheonggye Stream Dredging Construction during the Joseon Dynasty | Women Laundering Clothes in the 1920s | Wooden Houses in the 1950s |
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| Cheonggye Expressway after Covering Construction | Covering Construction Site | Covering Construction Site |
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| Sculpture of Gwangtonggyo Stone Revetment | 'Dapgyonori' on Gwangtonggyo (Bridge) | Ogansumun (Floodgate) |
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| Supyogyo (Bridge) | Sipjagakgyo (Bridge) | Jangtonggyo (Bridge) |
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| Cheonggye Stream in the 1890s | Cheonggye Stream & Supyogyo (Bridge) in the early 20th century | Around the Gwanggyo (Bridge) in 1953 |
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| Cheonggye Stream under Covering Construction in the 1960s | Dongdaemun area of Cheonggye Stream in the early 1960s | Cheonggye Stream in 1963 |
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| Cheonggye Expressway after Cheonggye Stream was covered | Cheonggyecheonno (Street) seen from Dongdaemun (Gate) in 2001 |
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| Today's Cheonggye Stream Area | Supyogyo (Bridge) relocated to Jangchungdong Park |
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| Inside covered Cheonggye Stream | Bridge pier of Gwangtonggyo (Bridge) located inside covered Cheonggye Stream | Corrosion of structure inside covered Cheonggye Stream |
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| On-site check inside covered Cheonggye Stream | Cheonggye Stream area before restoration: Gwanggyo (Bridge) area | Cheonggye Stream area before restoration: Dongdaemun (Gate) area |
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