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Engineers

  • 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)
  • Charles Davidson Bell - Renaissance Man at the Cape
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 1)
  • George Pilkington - The Elderly Gentleman Who Kept up The Good Work

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From our Archive

  • The 1954 SAA Comet Disaster
  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found
  • Johannesburg’s mayors
  • South Africa's Famous Ox-Tamer
  • Finding Antonetta Elizabeth Cosslett: a personal exploration of a family mystery
  • Rediscovering a Herbert Baker House in the heart of Yeoville
  • The King James Bible - Thanks a Billion
  • Durban architectural gem under threat
  • Port Elizabeth City Hall was almost demolished
  • A life synopsis intuited from a single Cabinet Card - Thomas Stork (1872-1953)
  • Ronel Bischoff - woman in charge
  • Victorian-era Banknotes of Towns of the South Western Cape
  • Johannesburg celebrates the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902
  • The Colosseum - From a Cinema Fantasy of the Thirties to Modern apartment living in Johannesburg
  • South African Photobooth Nostalgia

From the Directory

  • Southern Suburbs Heritage Society
  • Cory Library for Historical Research
  • Joline Young Heritage Consultancy
  • Andy Selfe - Millwright
  • Mahikeng Society
  • South African Cannon Association (SACA)
  • Asha Consulting
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • StudioJoy + Architects and Heritage Practitioners
  • Africa Media Online
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