the border settlement, since across the Sava was the territory of Austria-Hungary, the village in time a custom house, pier, railroad and port authority were built or established. There were two salt evaporation ponds in the village, one owned by the captain Miša Anastasijević and another by the Greek entrepreneur Kostas Salidis. From 1900 to 1955, Zabrežje was a major transportation hub. including river, railway and road traffic. Both the passenger and freight steamboats docked in the village's port, while there were regular ship lines to Belgrade, on the east, and Šabac, on the west, on every three hours. Steam train, popularly and generically called ćira in Serbia, connected Zabrežje with Herceg Novi on the Adriatic coast and Sarajevo and Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, via Valjevo and Čačak. As there was no bridge across the Sava, the pier in Zabrežje was equipped with the slipway, to accommodate he ferry which transported the entire train composition. Across the river, ferry sailed to Boljevci where the train was placed on the tracks again and continued in the directions of Vienna and Budapest. Thanks to the importance it had, many developments in Zabrežje surpassed those of an average or important village in Serbia. Though never grew much in terms of population (population of 2,000 reached only in the 1950s), the village had Zabreški grad, or Zabrežje Town, a commercial complex which included two hotels, and Workers Colony. It was visited by several heads of state, including emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and king Alexander I of Yugoslavia. It has numerous grocery stores, craft shops (including candy production) and the local beer tradition. The Simović family owned the sawmill. First theatrical show was held on 20 December 1910. The small, industrial power station within the Simović wood factory, became operational in 1923, on the location just away from the large, modern Nikola Tesla power plant (TENT). It powered the sawmill, grain mill, entire Workers Colony and majority of the village. In 1936, publishing of the only village newspapers in Serbia, Zabreške novine (Zabrežje's newspapers) started by the local teacher Čeda Mihajilović. It had a circulation of 1,000. It was discontinued after several numbers were published after World War II and unsuccessfully restared in the mid-2000s. First football match under the lights in Yugoslavia was held in Zabrežje, between the local team "Drvodeljac" and the FK Partizan from Belgrade, on 22 August 1948