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Bellville railway station, Cape Town
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Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Railways, Architecture, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Transport
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Entrance to the Bellville Station, Cape Town
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Identifier
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islandora:16811
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Culemborg goods station, Cape Town, circa 1952
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Cape Town (South Africa), Transport, Infrastructure, Urban development, City planning
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One of the huge loading banks at the new Culemborg goods station, which was opened for traffic over the weekend. A feature of the station is the large number of weighing scales scattered along the platforms.
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islandora:17396
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Construction of the Cape Town railway station, Cape Town
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Landscapes, Architecture
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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.
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islandora:16170
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Athlone Power Station, Cape Town
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Western Cape (South Africa), Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries, Pollution
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Shrouded in early morning mist -- to which they are contributing generously -- are the twin towers of Athlone Power Station seen from De Waal Drive. In the background are the natural towers of the Hottentots Holland Mountains.
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Identifier
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islandora:18124
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Railway station, Cape Town
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
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Railway station, Cape Town.
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Identifier
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islandora:16153
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A Camel Thorn tree in front of the Witdraai Police Station
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San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Acacia erioloba---Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
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In 1937, |Una Rooi and her grandparents were forced to move to Upington, South Africa. They learnt that their homes were burnt and all their possessions and land taken. They were forced to live in the limestone grottoes at Witdraai in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. When |Una's father, Ari, reported this to the police at the Witdraai Police Station, he was violently beaten and left for dead.
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Identifier
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islandora:27081
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Electric station at Mouille Point, Cape Town
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Western Cape (South Africa), Mouille Point (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries
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Where the Atlantic cable ends. How many people know that this little electric station on the beach at Mouille Point houses the end of the Atlantic cable?
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Identifier
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islandora:18119
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Dock Road power station, Cape Town
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), History, Demolition, Electricity
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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.
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islandora:18100