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Old Bastakia


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Water Tower
Dubai's Water Towers
Dubai's Domestic Water System 1970s.
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Bastakia's Wind Towers.
Derelict Demolished Restored.
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Captain's Store
Captain's Stores.
Cameras Binoculars Smuggling.
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Chicago Beach Hotel
Chicago Beach Hotel.
Popular but Demolished.
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Clock Tower
Dubai's Clock Tower.
The Story Behind the Tower.
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Dubai's Water
Finding Water for Dubai.
Dubai's First Domestic Water System.
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First Traffic Lights
Dubai's First Traffic Lights.
They didn't work at night!.
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Sheikh Saeed's House
Sheikh Saeed's House.
Derelict prior to Restoration.
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Port Rashid Terminal Opening
Sheikh Rashid.
Opening Port Rashid Container Terminal.
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Creek Raft Race
Dubai Creek Raft Race.
First Race in 1971.
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Dubai's First Power Station
Dubai's First Power Station
Demolished
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Port Rashid
Port Rashid.
Chapter 2
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Dubai's Police
Dubai's Traffic Police.
Dealing with new Technology
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Dubai's Markets
Dubai's Markets
Before Supermarkets
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Kazan
Dubai's Kazans.
An Engineering Marvel
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Dubai Lady
Dubai's People
Shopping Dubai 1970s
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Jumeirah Beach Road
Jumeirah Beach Road
How it was in 1968
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Wadi Portrait
Wadi Portrait.
When Dubai was innocent!
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First Show Jumping
First Show Jumping
Dubai Metropolitan Hotel 1987
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Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe
Demolished??????
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Dubai Grand Prix
Dubai Grand Prix.
Motor Racing comes to Dubai 1981
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Al Fahidi Fort
Al Fahidi Fort.
Dubai's best Museum
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Emirates Golf Club
Emirates Golf Club.
Dubai's Premier Golf Course.
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Dubai Post Office
Dubai's Post Office.
Postal Order Process!
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Dubai Creek
Dubai's Creek
How it used to be 1963
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Dubai Defense Force
Dubai Defense Force
On Parade in Jumeirah 1972
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Dubai Country Club
Dubai Country Club
Demolished 2007
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Dubai Creek
Bait Al Wakheel
Dubai's First Office Building
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Creek Cargo Wharves
Dubai's Wharves
Where Dubai used to make its money
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Cycle Dubai
Cycle Dubai
Cycling come to Dubai
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Dubai Dirt Donksl
Dubai's Motorbike First
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Queen Elizabeth 2
Britannia in Dubai.
Queen Elizabeth 2 State Visit
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Al Maktoum Bridge
Al Maktoum Bridge
Opening 1969
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Bastakia
Bastakia
Before it was restored
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Dubai's People
Dubai's People
As they used to be
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Dubai Airport Immigration
Dubai Airport
Immigration and Customs
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Dubai's Power Station
Duba's First Power Station
Demolished!!!!
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Dubai Car Crash
Dubai's Police
Car Crash 1970s Style
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Dubai's Trade Center
Dubai's World Trade Centre
Dubai's First Hi Rise
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Dubai 1972
As it used to be!

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Cargo Wharves on Dubai Creek as they used to be


  • Dubaiside Wharves: In 1971
    Dubai's Creekside cargo wharves disappeared to be replaced by the Diwan, Restuarants and a Creekside Walkway. These wharves played an important part in Dubai's development before they became redundant after Port Rashid opened.
  • Dubaiside Wharves: Dubai Wharves Today
    All the Dubai Cargo Wharves and Storage Sheds have gone to be replaced by a Creekside walk, gardens and Cafes. Expensive Yachts and Tourist Boats now tie up where, for over 100 years, trading dhows used to unload.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Dubai Cargo Wharves were located adjacent to Bastakia where the Merchants and Traders used to live. The Wharves were equipped with sheds and open sand areas for cargo storage.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Barges and Dhows were loaded and unload by manual labour until sheikh Rashid ordered a dockside crane to be installed. The crane was imported from Scotland. Although the Cargo Wharves have disappeared the crane has been restored and remains as a memorial to Dubai's past.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    In later years, Coles Mobile Cranes were installed to improve cargo loading and unloading.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Most of Dubai's cargo arrived in deep sea Cargo Ships too big to enter the Creek. They anchored offshore and discharged their cargoes into barges. These barges were towed to Dubai's Wharves where they were unloaded. The Ruler's Office can be seen on the right of the photograph from where sheikh Rashid conducted daily business and could watch the business activity on the Creek. Many of the buildings that can be seen in this photograph were demolished to make way for the Diwan Complex.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    The white building is the Management Office for Dubai Wharves. Originally the Wharves were managed by the Dubai Customs Department. Later the office housed Port Rashid's first Port Manager Mr Arthur Jarman until Port Rashid's Management Offices were completed. The building was demolished as part of the development of the Diwan Complex.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Cargo arriving in Dubai was usually re-shipped to different parts of the Gulf Region, India and East Africa. The cargo was originally carried from Dubai in sailing Dhows but these gave way to motorised Dhows.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Dubai's Wharves were always busy. Merchants would take delivery of their goods from these sheds. These goods were usually moved to their own Storages Sheds (or Godowns) but before being sold and reshipped out of Dubai.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Although the Tug and Barge system made an important contribution to Dubai's trade activity it was slow and cumbersome. When oil was discovered Sheikh Rashid's first priority was to construct a deep sea Port.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Tugs and barges would have been a common sight on Dubai's Creek prior to 1972 as they made their way to and from the cargo ships anchored offshore. The opening of Port Rashid made the tug and barge operation redundant and they disappeared from the Creek.
  • Dubaiside Wharves:
    Over 60% of Dubai's cargo import was re-exported to the Gulf States, India and East Africa. Almost all of those re-export cargoes were carried in Dhows.
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