Sassoon Docks
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The Sassoon Docks is the biggest dock in Mumbai and one of the few docks in the city open to the public.[1] It is situated just off Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai, and is today one of largest fish markets in the city.[2] Its neighboring features are Mumbai Port Trust Garden and Offices of Fisheries Department, and overlooks Oyster Rock, an island in the Mumbai harbour, at a distance.
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[edit] History
Built in 1875 on reclaimed land,[3] by Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818 - 1896), son of David Sassoon, a Baghdadi Jew and the leader of the Jewish community in Bombay, belonging to the Sassoon family.
[edit] In Media
The docks is the main fish loading and trading centre in South Mumbai. The Sassoon Docks was featured in one of the episodes of the reality series: The Amazing Race.
It is located in south of the Colaba area.
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Coordinates: 18°54′41.814″N 72°49′34.11″E / 18.911615°N 72.8261417°E
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