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Materials History

  • No other building materials have advanced the built environment as much as steel and concrete
  • A Short History of Steel
  • Corrugated Irony - A Short History of the Tin Roof

From our Archive

  • The traditional ‘two minutes silence in remembrance’ was first observed in Cape Town
  • The Port Elizabeth Railway Station
  • Old Town House Greenmarket Square
  • Clive Chipkin pays tribute to Robin Fee
  • Stories from a Diamond Mine - The Early Days
  • The Royal Visit to Queenstown
  • The Unlikely Birth of the South African Lipizzaner
  • The Founding of Potchefstroom
  • South African Railways – the years of transition from steam
  • Use of vintage photographs in narrating visual history - Beitbridge under construction (1928 – 1930)
  • What remains of the Jameson Raid
  • The Nunnery at Wits - Created in a Weekend and Still Going Strong
  • A Lone Hill of National Importance
  • Three Remarkable Women: A Cape Town Family's Journey from VOC Origins to Australian Gold Rush
  • Montagu Pass - The Final Link

From the Directory

  • Rob MIlne Talks and Tours
  • Save our Berea
  • Keitumetse Mangate Production Company
  • Collectors Treasury
  • Ruth Muller Archivist / Researcher
  • Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners (APHP)
  • Reach Archaeology Consulting
  • Southern Suburbs Heritage Society
  • Parktown Association
  • Linares Architects and Associates
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