Jumeirah Beach Road as it used to be

Costains Civil Engineering were the Contractors for building Port Rashid. Sheikh Rashid gave Costains land on Jumeirah Beach to build housing for the Contractor's Staff. After Port Rashid was completed the housing and the land reverted to Sheikh Rashid's ownership.

An open air Cinema, a video shop, a cafe and a small supermarket provided the only facility in the area. The Cinema showed only Indian Films.

Government built some two storeyed houses near to the Zoo for Government Staff. They looked across Jumeriah Beach Road to the beach and the sea.

This old black and white photo was taken from a Government House. Showing houses being built on the beach and the easy access to the beach.

With little traffic, few houses and plenty of sand there were few restrictions on how you traveled! The 40 gallon oil drum served as a Garbage Bin that was emptied daily by Dubai Municipality. Notice there are now trees growing where before there was sand.

This aerial view shows Jumeirah Beach Road as it was in 1971. Port Rashid is building but there is little development along the Jumeirah Beach Road.

The only other road connecting to Jumeirah Beach Road was the Hatta Road. It was initially built as an access road to a Quarry to provide rock for the building of Port Rashid. Subsequently it was tarmaced and developed into a major road.