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EU: Porto de Lobito (1965) through time

Lobito 1940–1965 2 photos of this spot

2 photographs taken at the same spot in Lobito, spanning 1940–1965 — 2 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

This 1940 image shows a section of the quay at the port of Lobito in Angola. The harbor was developed to handle exports carried by the Benguela railway, which linked the Atlantic coast to mining regions deep in central Africa.

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EU: Um trecho do cais do porto do Lobito - Lobito (1940), Lobito, 1940

EU: Um trecho do cais do porto do Lobito - Lobito (1940) 1940 This 1940 image shows a section of the quay at the port of Lobito in Angola. The harbor was developed to handle exports carried by the Benguela railway, which linked the Atlantic coast to mining regions deep in central Africa.

EU: Porto de Lobito (1965), Lobito, 1965

EU: Porto de Lobito (1965) 1965 Ships and quays are visible at the port of Lobito, Angola, in this 1965 photograph. Lobito's deep-water harbor served as the Atlantic terminus of the Benguela railway, which carried copper and other goods from the interior of central Africa to the coast.