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the changing face of gibraltar

north front

These two maps show the changing shape of the coast at North Front. Green marks the original coastline, yellow the beach, and red man-made reclamation. First map 1869, second map 1989. (20.03K)

North front - 1869

North Front - 1989

 

Bayside and Waterport. A sketch by Anton van den Wyngaerde 1567. (33.71K)
 
 View of Bayside and Waterport area in the 16th Century. (16.64K)

 

1627 sketch of the Rock by Luis Bravo showing the area of North Front (10.14K)
 

North Front and Bayside in the late 18th Century. (31.59K)

 

Waterport and the Devil's Tongue. A 19th Century view. (10.03K)
 

Late 19th Century photograph of North Front with the Inundation in the foreground. (18.93K)

 

Aerial view of west side reclamations. Late 1980s. (11.95K)
Runway after Operation Torch -WW II. (16.08K) Runway under construction - 1943.
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