The
Main Pass was also known as Aden Gate, Main Gate,
Crater Pass & Northern Gate.
For
Aden's Centenary
Celebrations in 1939 there were suggestions from
the Chamber of Commerce to rename it ‘Haines Pass’.
However, due to
Haines’ somewhat chequered career the idea was
not approved by the authorities.
Circa 1870.
View from Crater side.
High in the rocks above and to the
south of the road and fortifications,
once protected by a drawbridge, is a cave which
traditions of both Arabs and Jews hold to be the tomb of
Abel.
The Main Pass from Maalla side in the 1880's
Circa 1920.
View from Crater side.
