Old Bastakia

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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Dubai's best kept secret

Unique offshore Khazzans for undersea oil storage


 
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  • K12
    What's a Khazzan? Khazzan means Storage in Arabic.
  • Khazzan1
    What's a Khazzan? Think of a Champagne Glass!
  • Khazzan2
    Turn the Champagne Glass Upside Down
  • Khazzan3
    Put the upside down Champagne Glass in Water and it will fill with water.
  • Khazzan4
    A khazzan resembles an upside Champagne Glass under water but made of steel.
  • Khazzan5
    Pipe Lines connect the Khazzan to the offshore oilfield and to a Single Point Mooring Buoy.
  • Khazzan6
    Oil flowing from the oilfield displaces seawater in the khazzan, Sea water is forced out through the bottom of the khazzan.
  • Khazzan7
    Oil flow is shut off when the khazzan is full.
  • Khazzan8
    An Oil Tanker connects to the single point mooring buoy.
  • Khazzan9
    The Pipe line to the Oil Tanker is opened. Natural Sea Water pressure forces the oil out of the tank along the pipe line and slowly empties the khazzan.
  • K5
    Khazzans were built on the beach near to where the Burj Al Arab is located today.
  • Khazzan12
    Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company built the khazzans. The beach area become known as Chicago Beach because the construction crane became a local landmark.
  • Khazzantow
    When the khazzans were completed, channel was dredged and the khazzans floated out to sea. They were supported by inflatable collars that enabled them to float.
  • Khazzan10
    When the khazzans arrived in their final location, the inflatable collars were deflated and the khazzans sunk to the ocean floor.
  • Khazzan11
    After each khazzan had sunk and settled on the ocean floor only a small part of the khazzan remained showing above sea level.
  • Kazan Top6
    Three khazzans were constructed and sunk offshore then linked up to provide on offshore platform for the export of Dubai's oil.They remain in operation today but are rarely seen by Dubai Residents.

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Sheikh Rashid

Sheikh Rashid