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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 Stores.
Cameras Binoculars Smuggling.
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Chicago Beach Hotel.
Popular but Demolished.
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Dubai's Clock Tower.
The Story Behind the Tower.
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Finding Water for Dubai.
Dubai's First Domestic Water System.
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Dubai's First Traffic Lights.
They didn't work at night!.
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Sheikh Saeed's House.
Derelict prior to Restoration.
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Sheikh Rashid.
Opening Port Rashid Container Terminal.
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Dubai Creek Raft Race.
First Race in 1971.
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Dubai's First Power Station
Demolished
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Port Rashid.
Chapter 2
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Dubai's Traffic Police.
Dealing with new Technology
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Dubai's Markets
Before Supermarkets
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Dubai's Kazans.
An Engineering Marvel
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Dubai's People
Shopping Dubai 1970s
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Jumeirah Beach Road
How it was in 1968
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Wadi Portrait.
When Dubai was innocent!
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First Show Jumping
Dubai Metropolitan Hotel 1987
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Hard Rock Cafe
Demolished??????
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Dubai Grand Prix.
Motor Racing comes to Dubai 1981
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Al Fahidi Fort.
Dubai's best Museum
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Emirates Golf Club.
Dubai's Premier Golf Course.
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Dubai's Post Office.
Postal Order Process!
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Dubai's Creek
How it used to be 1963
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Dubai Defense Force
On Parade in Jumeirah 1972
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Dubai Country Club
Demolished 2007
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Bait Al Wakheel
Dubai's First Office Building
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Dubai's Wharves
Where Dubai used to make its money
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Cycle Dubai
Cycling come to Dubai
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Dubai Dirt Donksl
Dubai's Motorbike First
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Britannia in Dubai.
Queen Elizabeth 2 State Visit
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Al Maktoum Bridge
Opening 1969
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Bastakia
Before it was restored
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Dubai's People
As they used to be
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Dubai Airport
Immigration and Customs
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Duba's First Power Station
Demolished!!!!
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Dubai's Police
Car Crash 1970s Style
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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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How Eric Tulloch brought Fresh Water to Dubai in 1961
The Late Eric Tulloch played a key role in Dubai's development. He was responsible for bringing Fresh Water to Dubai and developing a distribution system. Availability of Fresh Water played a key part in Dubai's rapid development.
Eric Tulloch came to Dubai in 1960 at the request
of Sheikh Rashid. Eric was working in Kuwait as a Water
Engineer. Sheikh Rashid wanted Eric to organise the
delivery of 250,000 gallons of water to Dubai for the
wedding celebrations of Sheikh Rashid's daughter Sheikha
Mariam. By 1961 he had organised water to be piped
from Al Awir to the top of Dubai Creek where Water
Tankers collected the water for transport to distribution
points around Dubai and Diera. Donkeys were used to
carry water from these points to individual houses.
Cost? Dhs 30 for 1,000 gallons and Dhs 1 for a four
gallon Donkey load.
Eric went on to establish the Dubai Water Department
and the water distribution network that helped Dubai
to develop so rapidly. The first house to have piped
in water and install an internal plumbing system was
Sheikha Shamma's house in Bur Dubai. Sheikha Shamma
was one of Sheikh Rashid's Aunts.
Fresh Water for sale!
Fresh Water also played an important role in bringing shipping to Dubai. The quality of Dubai's water was superior to any other water in the Gulf. Dubai's water had lower salt content which made it suitable for ship's boilers. Ships called at Dubai simply to take on water for their boilers. Water Barges carried water out to Ships anchored offshore where it was pumped aboard. Water that cost DHS 5 per ton on land in Dubai was sold to these ships for DHS 50 per ton.
Availability of Fresh Water played an important part in Dubai's development!
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