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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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