Oil & Federation · event 5 of 7

1979

Jebel Ali and the World Trade Centre. The largest man-made harbour in the world opens, alongside a 39-storey tower far out in the desert. Both are called extravagant; both fill.

The Oil & Federation era

  1. 1966
  2. 1969
  3. 1968
  4. 2 December 1971
  5. 1979
  6. 1985
  7. 1990

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