Aerial View of Ballard Pier Bombay, 1930 Photo
A 1930 aerial photo of the Ballard Pier in Bombay (Mumbai). It shows the Ballard Pier a deep water harbour where passengers arriving by ship disembarked. Previously Apollo Bunder was the jetty where passengers disembarked after arriving from boats ferried from ships that were anchored in deep waters.
Apollo Bunder is where the Gateway of India is located. Adjacent to the Ballard Pier is the Mole Railway Terminus see the image. The Mole Railway Station operated under the B.B & C. I Railway station. Passengers arriving by ship from abroad would board a train to Amritsar or Lahore.
However, after the advent air travel, it closed down in 1944. Bombay’s famous Alexandra Docks is partly visible at the back. The photographer was A R Haseler. A R Haseler was a famous British photographer with expertise in aerial photography. He was based in based in Bombay during the colonial era. And was believed to be a captain in the British Indian Army before becoming a photographer. Click on the photo for better view.
See another of my post with A R Haseler’s photography Aerial View of Bombay Fort Area, Old 1930 Photo. See post Ballard Pier Mole Railway Station – Old Postcard 1944., and Ballard Estate: A Corporate District.
Did you know – Ballard Estate (not pictured) a part of the Ballard Pier was the first planned business district of Bombay. It was reclaimed using the enormous quantities of earth excavated from the Alexandra Dock area.
From the collection- 1964 M. Suriyamoorthy Charcoal Art Abstract (#12)., Higginbothams Bookstore In Chennai – Old Postcard 1944., Chinese Fishing Nets Cochin – Old Print 1922
