PALESTINE.

£750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Opening of Haifa Harbour: 31st October 1933. Sole edition, traced in only one Middle Eastern library, issued at the opening of Palestine's new "lynchpin in the entire regional system of sea and land communications" (Herbert & Sosnovsky, p. 51). By 1936, the harbour was handling almost one million tons of goods per year.Construction of the harbour began in 1929, under the direct supervision of the Government of Palestine, and 115 acres were dredged to allow for an entrance 600 feet in width. The main line of the Palestine Railways was also diverted onto reclaimed land, affording new opportunities for trade in fruit and other agricultural commodities. Guest of honour at the opening ceremony was Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope (1874-1947), High Commissioner for Palestine.The copy in the Middle East is held at the National Library of Israel. WorldCat records a further nine, including one in the UK (British Library).

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