Sassoon Docks, built in 1875, is one of the oldest docks in Mumbai and was the first wet dock constructed in Bombay.[1] It is one of the few docks in the city open to the public.[2] It is situated in Mumbai harbour in South Mumbai area of Colaba. It is one of largest fish markets in the Mumbai city, it has a wide variety of fishes, including Surmai (Indo-pacific mackerel), pomfret etc.[3][4] Its neighbouring features are Mumbai Port Trust Garden (Sagar Upvan Colaba) and Offices of Fisheries Department, and it overlooks Oyster Rock, an island in the Mumbai harbour, at a distance.
^"Tides of Time (History of Mumbai Port) by M.V. Kamath" (PDF). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
SassoonDocks, built in 1875, is one of the oldest docks in Mumbai and was the first wet dock constructed in Bombay. It is one of the few docks in the...
the firm on his father's death, and notably constructed the SassoonDocks, the first wet dock built in western India. With two of his brothers he later...
Sassoon may refer to: Sassoon (name) Sassoon (typeface) David Sassoon Library, in Mumbai, India SassoonDocks, in Mumbai, India Sassoon Eskell (1860–1932)...
several cotton mills there. In 1875 the company built the SassoonDocks, the first wet docks in Bombay. The company was also instrumental in the founding...
Vidal Sassoon CBE (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple...
southern tip of the island in 1875. The eponymous SassoonDocks were built by David Solomon Sassoon on reclaimed land in the same year. The BB&CI Railways...
SassoonDocks, built in 1875, by Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), son of David Sassoon, a philanthropist Baghdadi Jew. Today, the Sassoon Docks...
some donated their wealth for public building projects. The SassoonDocks and David Sassoon Library are famous landmarks still standing today. The synagogue...
island, was constructed in 1875, in the same year as SassoonDocks were built by David Sassoon on reclaimed land to the north of Navy Nagar. The development...
institutions like E.E.E. Sassoon High School, Sassoon Guest House, David Sassoon Library, Lady Rachel Sassoon Dispensary, SassoonDock, Indian Jewish Federation...
of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried Sassoon and stood in contrast to the public perception of war at the time and to...
British Museum of Natural History. One female specimen was recorded at SassoonDocks in Mumbai, India in February 2016, measuring 266 cm (105 in) total length...
tram was the poor man's transport; it carried one all the way from the SassoonDocks to Dadar. The bus fare for the same journey was 25 paise. In response...
tragedy only when a few of the survivors swam to safety and reached the SassoonDocks and broke the news at 3:00 p.m. Some of the survivors swam across and...
art to the streets". mint. Retrieved 2021-06-21. "Street art comes to SassoonDocks: Mumbai's historic fishing district gets a makeover with the St+Art...
from NIFPHATT. In 2016, the institute moved to its new headquarter at SassoonDock of Colaba in Mumbai. On 27 July 2017, "Deep Sea Fishing Project" was...
marine fish production. Major fish landing centres are New Ferry Wharf, SassoonDock and Versova, situated in Mumbai metropolitan area, and they account for...
that of David Sassoon. He came to England at the age of 13 years old in 1881, for his education, under the guardianship of Albert Sassoon. As a boy he...
Hecht and Charles MacArthur, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Coming of Age in Samoa...
David Sassoon's grandson, Meyer Elias Sassoon, together with the latter's brother, Edward Elias Sassoon and their uncle, Frederick David Sassoon, assumed...
estate was sold to Sir Edward Sassoon, father of Philip Sassoon (cousin of the poet Siegfried Sassoon). Sir Philip Sassoon inherited the estate in 1912...
Company, established the East India Dock Company, with the aim of establishing a new set of docks (the East India Docks) primarily for the use of ships trading...
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