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Title: Demolition of the old railway station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Demolition, Architecture, Urban development, City planning
Description: Demolition of the old railway station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17420

Title: Near Birdhouse Meteorological Station
Subject: Leucadendron xanthoconus--Western Cape (South Africa), Vegetation monitoring--Western Cape (South Africa), Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Western Cape (South Africa, Botany--Research--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Caledon, Location: Jakkalsrivier experimental area., Ecology: Leucadendron xanthoconus.
Identifier: islandora:4634

Title: Interior of a train station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure
Description: Cape Town - Railway Station - Non-white main-line station. / Finishing touches were being made yesterday to the non-White main-line station, which will come into service on Sunday. This view shows the concourse, with the stairways leading down to the platforms. Facilities such as waiting rooms and baggage handling offices are grouped around the concourse.
Identifier: islandora:16169

Title: Epping Fire station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Epping (Cape Town, South Africa), Fires, Disasters, Fire departments
Description: Oops! . . .not all water went where it should have gone at the end-of-course display at Epping Fire Station yesterday, and some firemen ended up dripping wet. Report, page 3.
Identifier: islandora:14922

Title: Near Birdhouse Meteorological Station
Subject: Prescribed burning--Western Cape (South Africa), Vegetation management--Western Cape (South Africa), Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Caledon, Location: Jakkalsrivier experimental area., Ecology: Prescribed burning.
Identifier: islandora:4638

Title: Old railway station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, City planning, Transport
Description: Old railway station, Cape Town, before demolition.
Identifier: islandora:17423

Title: From vicinity 144/81 up Sterkspruit Valley to Monks Cowl Forest Station. Vicinity -28.9867819', 029.5295308', looking east
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9542

Title: Dock Road Power Station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Cities and towns, Land, Urban development, Building
Description: Dock Road Power Station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15098

Title: S.A.R & H diagram of stations & sidings showing transhipping stations = Kaart van stasies & sylyne aantonende oorlaaistasies
Subject: Railroad stations -- South Africa --Maps, Railroad stations -- Namibia --Maps, ,
Description: Map showing South African and Namibian railway stations. Insets of Johannesburg-Pretoria and Environs, Cape Town and Environs and B.C.K. Lines. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25057

Title: Cafeteria in the new train station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: New station canteen.
Identifier: islandora:16166

Title: Construction of the Cape Town railway station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Landscapes, Architecture
Description: Aerial view shows the progress on the new R13.9m. Cape Town Railway Station. Cape Town's new railway station takes shape: This aerial view shows how work is progressing on the new R13.9m. Cape Town railway station. Five main-line platforms will be brought into service towards the end of next year and the non-White main-line station building will be opened at the same time. The station as a whole will not be finished till 1965.The lettered structures in the picture are: A - The bridge which will link Eastern Boulevard with Hertzog Boulevard on the Foreshore. B - Part of the Culemborg goods yard offices. C - The signal cabin for the new station. D - The Pirow Street bridge. E - The parcels building, which has been in use since May 1. F - Canopies over some of the new main-line platforms. G - Canopies over suburban line platforms. H - The communications building. I - Parts of the deck. The striped area indicates the full extent to be decked. J - The existing station. K - The non-White main-line station building. L - The Castle. M - The New Drill Hall which, with other military buildings next to it, will disappear to make way for part of the traffic interchange linking with the Pirow Street bridge. N - The Sir Lowry Road market, now in process of demolition. Much of its site will be used for traffic interchanges serving the Eastern Boulevard and Pirow Street bridges.
Identifier: islandora:16170

Title: Table Bay Power Station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries, Demolitions
Description: The grand old lady of the Foreshore is finally to make way for a more modern development after a stay of execution of several years during which supporters and detractors debated her merits and shortcomings. The City Council has accepted a R1,5-million tender for the demolition of the Table Bay Power Station, one of the city's most familiar landmarks and operations are expected to start next month.
Identifier: islandora:18125

Title: Dock Road power station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), History, Demolition, Electricity
Description: Familiar landmark of Dock Road power station, the first power station in South Africa, is going. After 57 years of service, it is being demolished. Familiar landmark of the Table Bay power station will soon be gone. It is to be demolished by a Port Elizabeth scrap-metal firm and its machinery and metal parts sold throughout the country. The power station, built in 1905, is the oldest in South Africa. The picture was taken from the air.
Identifier: islandora:18100

Title: Cape Town Monument Station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Railways, Transport
Description: This is a picture of the Cape Town Monument station. It basically creates a 'birds eye view' of the current development in Cape Town at that period in relation to the railway system that is being operated at the foot of Table Mountain.
Identifier: islandora:17187

Title: Cooling towers of Athlone power station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries
Description: Cooling towers of Athlone power station, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:18122

Title: Bellville railway station, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Railways, Architecture, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Transport
Description: Entrance to the Bellville Station, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16811

Title: Old railway station, Cape Town, 1967
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, City planning, Transport
Description: Bird's eye view of the old railway station, Cape Town, before demolition.
Identifier: islandora:17424

Title: Old Cape Town Station, pre-1960s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition, Transport
Description: Inside the old Cape Town Station, prior to its demolition in the 1960s.
Identifier: islandora:17438

Title: Model of a steam train, Cape Town Station, circa 1960s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Transport
Description: Model of an old steam train, Cape Town Station.
Identifier: islandora:17428

Title: Cooling towers of Athlone power station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure
Description: Cooling towers of Athlone power station above the fly-over.
Identifier: islandora:18121

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