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The gas tanks have become part of the skyline of the city and, rather than be an eyesore as the city anticipated in 1927, they are now regarded as a heritage landmark. [1] Another reason why the Council decided to choose that particular site for the new Gas Works was that the area gently sloped.
One of the largest bases in the country [12] is Tempe base which is located in Bloemfontein and is home to 1 South African Tank Regiment (Tank Regiment), 1 Special Service Battalion (Armoured Car Regiment), the South African School of Armour (which offers decentralized training to regular and reserve regiments), 44 Parachute Regiment and 1 ...
46 South African Brigade was established on April 1, 1999, as part of the restructuring process of the South African Army.Its initial function was to provide a formation headquarters for deployed reserve force elements and support 43 SA Brigade. 46 SA Brigade is a composite brigade consisting of a headquarters in Kensington, Johannesburg and a Brigade Administrative Area at Wallmansthal.
The NZASM 14 Tonner 0-4-0T of 1889 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.. In 1889, the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij acquired its first locomotives for use on the new railway which was being constructed from Johannesburg to Boksburg.
The town council decided to condemn the area and burn it down. Beforehand, most of the Africans living there were moved far out of town to the farm Klipspruit (later called Pimville), south-west of Johannesburg, where the council had erected iron barracks and a few triangular hutments. The rest of them had to build their own shacks.
The NZASM 10 Tonner 0-4-0T of 1889 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.. In 1889 and 1890, the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij obtained three 0-4-0 T tramway steam locomotives for use on the new line from Johannesburg to Boksburg which became known as the Randtram line.
The Municipal Council of Johannesburg Annual Reports of the Town Engineer, 1913 and 1914-1915 record that it cost £1,436 to build. Yeoville Water Tower preceded the nearby James Sivewright's Johannesburg Waterworks, Estate and Exploration Company ‘Johannesburg Waterworks’ erected as a reservoir in 1922, but was built after the Yeoville ...
In chemical engineering, a jacketed vessel is a container that is designed for controlling temperature of its contents, by using a cooling or heating "jacket" around the vessel through which a cooling or heating fluid is circulated.