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Title: View of Paarden Island, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Industrial sites, ,
Description: A view of Paarden Eiland. Plots in Metro Industrial Township, which flanks this fully-developed area, will be available in March or April.
Identifier: islandora:15627

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, ,
Description: Muizenberg - once a premier resort in The Cape, now said to be losing some of its glitter.
Identifier: islandora:15397

Title: Holiday flats in Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, ,
Description: Part of the double storeyed block of eighteen holiday flats called Sunnyside in Muizenberg, which was auctioned on Monday as part of the Schwartz brothers' estate. This property was provisionally knocked down to R27 500. Its municipal valuation is R79 350.
Identifier: islandora:15395

Title: Governor-General Jansen and his wife walk through the gates of Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, Politics, Architecture, Infrastructure, ,
Description: Less than 50 years later, in 1954, the Duke of Connaught's footsteps are retraced by the Governor-General, Dr. E.G. Jansen, and the Union has just six more years of existence.
Identifier: islandora:15771

Title: Muizenberg Pavilion at night, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Tourism, ,
Description: Muizenberg Pavilion illuminated at night. It will be a popular rendezvous for visitors now starting to arrive for the Cape season.
Identifier: islandora:15401

Title: Aerial view of Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: Parow, nine years ago a small Cape Town "dormitory," now a thriving industrial and business centre. Its council has ambitious schemes in hand for improving the amenities for its rapidly expanding population.
Identifier: islandora:15792

Title: Railway lines being constructed at Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Railroads, Infrastructure, Railroad trains, ,
Description: The sleepers are down ready for the railway lines for Mitchell's Plain's link to be in operation next June. The three stations have been constructed already.
Identifier: islandora:15340

Title: Rochester Brickworks smoke stacks to be demolished, Cape Town
Subject: Industrial sites, Infrastructure, ,
Description: A familiar Observatory landmark will come crashing down next week when explosives experts demolish the Rochester Brickworks smoke stacks - and the public will be able to watch the spectacular job. The twin towers - which soar to 50m, dominating Observatory from the brickworks site next to Groote Schuur Hospital - will be demolished by an American company which will dynamite the smoke stacks in a controlled operation next Saturday to make way for extensions to the hospital.
Identifier: islandora:15575

Title: Loader Street, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Infrastructure, Rubble, Historic districts, ,
Description: Property in Loader Street in a state of disrepair, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15209

Title: Aerial view of Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Despite all the problems related to the development of new townships - such as a lack of adequate facilities, long distances to travel to work and an increasing crime rate - experiment in low cost housing, Mitchell's Plain, continues to mushroom over the Cape Flats, reaching from the sea at Strandfontein towards The Strand and inland to the out [...] Designed to house more people than Kimberly, Bloemfontein, East London or Maritzburg, the Plain [...] This dramatic aerial photograph shows about one quarter of Mitchell's Plain, stretching out towards the Hottentots Holland mountains in the distance. Another 12 600 homes, which will cost more than R600 million, are planned to complete [...]
Identifier: islandora:15342

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Buildings (structures), Transportation infrastructure, Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort, Buildings--South Africa--Roodepoort--Maps, Roads--South Africa--Roodepoort--Maps,
Description: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, Gauteng. Map showing existing structures, such as buildings, bridges and roads. Extract from report., Ammonia copy (blueprint) of original, hand-drawn, ink on paper.
Identifier: islandora:28162

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Infrastructure, Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort, Infrastructure (Economics)--South Africa--Roodepoort--Maps,
Description: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, Gauteng. Plan of proposed service infrastructure, incuding electricity, reservoir, water reticulation, sewerage system, suggested cable-way, and future fencing. Extract from report., Ammonia copy (blueprint) of original, hand-drawn, ink on paper.
Identifier: islandora:28169

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