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Peter Ball

What was the Crystal Palace?
The Great Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Raid, Rhodes, Railways, Rinderpest, Rebellion and Ruin
No other building materials have advanced the built environment as much as steel and concrete
Roaming the Western Cape Rails
A Short History of Steel
The Railway Link to Namibia
Spanish Train and Other Stories - Some thoughts on the AFRO 4000 Saga
The Cape to Cairo Railway Dream
Montagu Pass - The Final Link
The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - Something to chew on
Interlude on the Narrow Gauge
The Big Fiery Giant - The Story of the Beyer-Garratt Locomotive
The Tanzania - Zambia Railway
Benguela - More than just a current
Streaks of Rust Across the Veld - The Demise of the Branch Lines
A New Era Dawns - The first fifteen years of the South African Railways (SAR)
Railways from War's End to Union (1902-1910)
Railways at War
Race to the Rand

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From our Archive

  • Remembering the East Africa Campaign during World War I
  • Who was the Marshall in Marshallstown?
  • The History behind the Heidelberg Klipkerk
  • The charter of ‘singing tomorrows’
  • Hermann Schutte - Designer of South Africa's First Lighthouse
  • History and Style of the Bo-Kaap
  • Visiting the Historic Middelburg Cemetery (Mpumalanga)
  • All hell has broken loose in Barberton! Rimer's Creek Saga continues
  • Refurbishing the Muizenberg Carnegie Library and Post Office
  • When did globalisation really get started?
  • ‘Spanish’ Flu in South Africa and its effect at Hartbeespoort
  • George Washington Wilson - The man, The Company and The Photographers
  • The Katlehong Bantu are grumbling - let them have more playgrounds
  • Markhams Building and the Cape Town Connection
  • Michael Sutton is the reason that I chose to study Architecture

From the Directory

  • Friends of the General Smuts Foundation
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (ECPHRA)
  • Kalk Bay Historical Association
  • Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Authority
  • Charles Thomas - Antique Furniture Restorers
  • Old Wynberg Village Society
  • Ursula Rigby Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Braamfontein Spruit Trust
  • Save our Berea
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