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Engineering History

  • William Brounger - Forward into the Interior
  • William Brounger and the Cape Railways
  • Hermann Schutte - Designer of South Africa's First Lighthouse
  • Louis Michel Thibault - Ex-Mercenary whose Heritage Enriched the Cape
  • James Cameron - Second City Engineer of Cape Town
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • James Bisset - Bringing Mass Transport to the Suburbs
  • George Pauling - Leading railway contractor in the development of Southern Africa
  • Thomas Stewart - First South African Consulting Engineer
  • John Gamble - Maths Prodigy who Preferred Engineering
  • Sir John Coode - International Harbour Master
  • Adam De Smidt - Gentlemanly Engineer in a tough environment
  • John Frederick Bourne - Railwayman who left an Unexpected Legacy
  • Patrick Fletcher - Versatile Pioneer
  • Mathew Woodifield - The Busy Engineer who Disappeared
  • John Scott Tucker - Ineffective Official who Abolished his own Post
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 2)
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 1)
  • George Pilkington - The Elderly Gentleman Who Kept up The Good Work
  • Thomas Charles John Bain - One of South Africa's greatest engineers

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From our Archive

  • Surviving sites from the 1922 Rand Revolt
  • The Eastern Star Museum in Grahamstown: a case study in conservation
  • The Barnato Park Story
  • Westcliff Stairs honoured with Blue Plaques
  • Modernist Icon Shimmers above Joburg once more
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • The Constitution Case(s)
  • The conservation of The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront as an historic precinct
  • Diamond Smugglers' Aircraft on a Deserted Beach - Unravelling the story around discarded crime scene photographs
  • Busting Out - Transplanting the heart of Johannesburg in the 1960s
  • Brixton's First Blue Plaque
  • The Battle of Nooitgedacht - The biggest battle fought in the Magaliesberg
  • Heritage Heist - The mystery and intrigue behind Yukon's missing windows
  • The Brass Bell of the SS Mendi has been returned
  • Our vanishing heritage – South Africa’s top ten endangered sites 2016

From the Directory

  • Boikanyo oo Menwe Foundation
  • Klerksdorp Museum
  • Hermanus Ratepayers Association
  • LM Architects and Heritage Consultants
  • KZN Family History Society
  • South African Cannon Association (SACA)
  • Hearth Heritage
  • Elegant Places
  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • Dullstroom Heritage Society
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