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The Carrier, Universal, T16, Mark I., initially "Cargo Carrier T16" was the result of US experimentation in 1942 to improve on the Universal for British use and for US in the Pacific war. [19] It was a significantly improved vehicle based upon those built by Ford of Canada, manufactured under Lend Lease by Ford in the United States from March ...
The Johannesburg Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is the densest collection of skyscrapers in Africa, however, due to white flight and urban blight, many of the buildings are unoccupied as tenants have left for more secure locations in the Northern Suburbs, in particular Sandton and Rosebank.
M57 (Kempton Park CBD) – M91 – M32 – R21 (Kempton Park CBD) Kempton Park CBD: Kempton Park: Voortrekker Rd, Long Street: M97: East/West: M22 (Kensington) – M40 – M16 (Edenvale CBD) Kensington, Bedfordview, Dunvegan, Edenvale CBD: Johannesburg, Bedfordview, Edenvale: Nicol Rd, Skeen Blvd, Concorde Rd East, Boeing Rd East, 1st Ave: M98 ...
A year after the surveying of a settlement on the waste land at Randjeslaagte near the new Witwatersrand goldfields, later to be called Johannesburg, in 1887 the South African Republic (ZAR) government set aside a strip of land north of Noord Street for a railway line, effectively dividing the future city's CBD in two though at this time only land south of Noord Street had been survey as ...
The M2 is a major highway and metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa.It is named the Francois Oberholzer Freeway.It runs just to the south of the Johannesburg Central Business District eastwards where it connects with the N3 (only a short segment goes to the west of the Johannesburg CBD) and enters Germiston, ending near its CBD.
It remains the tallest building in South Africa, and in sub-Saharan Africa. Carlton Centre is a skyscraper and shopping centre located in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres (730 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years and stands at about half the height of the Willis Tower (the former Sears Tower) in Chicago.
Commissioner Street has been an important street in Johannesburg since the 1800s and has seen many significant events throughout its history. In 1886, it was declared that mining would be allowed in Johannesburg. Johannesburg's first chemist was opened soon after the announcement by a Mr. Heymann. The chemist was known as "Golden Mortar ...
The areas are not only strongly linked economically, but existing transport axes have also created strong functional links between Johannesburg and its hinterland. Eastgate Shopping Centre, Johannesburg, the second-largest in the metro area, straddles the border between Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni.