Sassoon Dock positioned at Colaba in South Mumbai was formally inaugurated
on Tuesday, 08th June 1875.
It’s first moist dock constructed in Bombay constructed by David Sassoon & Co . It is without doubt one of the dock which is open to the general public with largest fish market now.
David Sassoon & Co
The development of Sassoon dock was initiated by David
Sassoon & Co. It was headed by Albert-Abdullah Sassoon son of well-known
businessman David Sassoon. David was Jewish group chief and emigrant from
Baghdad who ventured into business enterprise and made enormous earnings in Mumbai.
Albert had foreseen the significance of development of the Suez Canal in 1869 and its affect on Mumbai harbor. So he purchased land on the southern aspect of the Colaba for the development of a dock. He knew that if protected anchorage could possibly be offered for big ships and that if the dock was located inside straightforward attain of the cotton centre, the site visitors to Bombay port could be vastly elevated.
Sassoon dock was formidable mission which was began in 1872 and was lastly completed in 1875.
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