Sassoon Docks

Sassoon Docks

The Sassoon Docks is one of the few docks open to the public in Mumbai, India. It was built by David Sassoon, a Baghdadi Jew. 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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