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Title: Old railway station, Cape Town, circa 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Transport, Urban development
Description: Looking into the first railway station in Cape Town, from the Castle.
Identifier: islandora:17430

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: 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: Railway lines, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Urban development, City planning, Transport
Description: View taken from Cape Town's new post office, etc.
Identifier: islandora:17434

Title: Demolition of the old railway station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Demolition, Architecture, Urban development, City planning
Description: Down it comes: A workman, perched about 40 ft. above the ground, uses an oxy-acetylene torch to cut through one of the steel girders which supported the curved roof of the main hall of Cape Town's old railway station. A foreman on the site said yesterday that demolition of the building is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
Identifier: islandora:17401

Title: Railway station being demolished, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Development, Transport, Motorcars, Building
Description: Bulldozers (centre of picture) are cutting a swath through the old main line railway station to make way for a new road leading into the centre of the city. From Adderley Street, the new freeway, an extension of Strand Street, will carry the Sea Point traffic bound for the suburbs, straight to the Castle, then to the traffic interchange at the old market. There the new street will join the Eastern Boulevard.
Identifier: islandora:16558

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: View from the Railway building, Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Roads, Urban development, City planning
Description: View from the new Railway building, Foreshore, Cape Town, 1959
Identifier: islandora:17374

Title: Demolition of the old railway station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Demolition, Architecture, Urban development, City planning
Description: [Rubble] covers the old concourse where commuters once ran for their trains.
Identifier: islandora:17418

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:17422

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