الجمعة، 23 ديسمبر 2011

Beautiful Aden At Old Days‎ عدن في الايام الخوالي



Port Trust
To the west of the Port Trust building is the Price of Wales Pier . Adjoining it, on it's eastern side, is the Abkari Landing Pier.





Port Trust Building

Port Trust Building and Abkari Pier
In 1966 a new passenger terminal, a model of which is pictured below, was designed but the project did not materialise

HMT Euphrates off Saluting Bunder 1875
Barrack Hill
Roundabout, Fort Morbut
At the front of the Bhicajee Cowasjee store in The Crescent, Steamer Point
Selim Girl's School

Students at Selim Girl's School with 3 teachers: Margalit Atar, Rika and Mazal Atari.
The Selim Girls School was located next to the Eastern Bank Building
Selim Girl's School.

A recent photo of the former Selim Girl's School. The 2 outer windows on the lower level have at some point been converted to doorways.
Steamer Point Post Office



Little Aden Post Office
Govt. Building & Post Office, Little Aden 1965


Little Aden Post Office
Aden Railway

As early as 1906 a light railway from Aden to Dalah(Dthala) had already been under consideration for some time but nothing had materialised.



The Railway at Maalla in the 1920's
A 2 ft. gauge "Wren" locomotive, no. 1249, similar to the one pictured, and with the name SIR JAMES on brass nameplates was delivered to the Aden Port Trust on 26 February 1913. This was probably used for dockside work.

Gharry Fares 1907

A horse-drawn gharry at Post Office Pier in Post Office Bay, Tawahi. c1909. The Condensing Engineer's house is behind the fence on the right.

Steamer Point outer harbour circa 1890

Inner harbour circa 1903

Oil storage tanks at Hedjuff c 1947



Oil storage tanks at Maalla c 1925
Best Regards,

A.Ghani Abdullah A.Ghani

الاثنين، 5 ديسمبر 2011

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