The former French quay and customs house | |
The buildings known as ‘Pasaport’
now serve as a police station and ferry waiting room. The fire altered the jetty building as seen below however the shoreline buildings seem to have survived mostly intact such as the former Rees line
offices (just to the right of the above picture) are still standing, shown
below, with a close-up of the door showing the company logo ‘R’. | |
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The photos
below is the building 2 doors down from the former Rees offices - internal views - and the
mermaid style wall decoration suggests it too was once a shipping agency. | |
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The location pre and post 1922 fire, analysed by Denem Orhun | |
More archive views of this area |