PortSudan NCT through time

Port Sudan 1901–2013 5 photos of this spot

5 photographs taken at the same spot in Port Sudan, spanning 1901–2013 — 4 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A hotel in Port Sudan, photographed in 1901; the town lies on Sudan's Red Sea coast and grew into the country's principal maritime gateway to trade routes across the sea to Arabia and beyond.

EU: Hotel Port Súdán (1901) 1901 A hotel in Port Sudan, photographed in 1901; the town lies on Sudan's Red Sea coast and grew into the country's principal maritime gateway to trade routes across the sea to Arabia and beyond.

EU: Cestující u vlaku na zastávce do Port Súdánu (1901) 1901 Passengers stand beside a train at a stop on the line to Port Sudan, photographed in 1901, part of the railway network built to connect Sudan's Red Sea coast with the Nile valley.

EU: Lidé nastupující do vlaku do Port Súdánu (1901) 1901 People board a train bound for Port Sudan in this 1901 photograph, part of the rail connections built to serve Sudan's Red Sea coastline and its trade with the Nile valley.

EU: At Port Sudan (1914) 1914 Port Sudan, the Red Sea harbor developed by the British administration in the early twentieth century to replace Suakin as Sudan's main port, is pictured here around 1914.

PortSudan NCT 2013 A container terminal at Port Sudan, on Sudan's Red Sea coast. Port Sudan has served as the country's principal seaport since the early 20th century, when it superseded the older harbor town of Suakin. Photographed in 2013.