The story goes as follows: Ol' Pine Pienaar is about to retire after being here for about 20 years..... about 12 years back, he sufferd his first hear attack.... landed up in City Park hospital in Cape Town, whilst recovering in his bed, he starts to talk to this old timer who was also being treated for a heart problem, turns out the "old" timer was in Oranjemund, way back in the 30's and 40's...... he got his wife to bring in the following old snaps..... some had captions , the the others lost to time.....he gave the snaps to Pine, to take back to oranjemund, as in his condition, he would not be using them...... Well Pine kept the pics and after all this time, gave them to me, does not want them back....reckons I could use them.... So for those of you interested in the beginning of this mine and town..... have a blast and feel free to comment!
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Wow, feels like I've just watched a 1940's movie ... Was that power station demolished or was it just renovated over the years to be as we know it today? And all those sheds, were they slowly replace with the new houses?
Great stuff
Looking at the housing compared to my time......wow
I think Richard Opperman posted a photo of that same powerstation form another angle..... So it's in the same place, so I reckon they just modified the building!
Pine Pienaar ?? now ringing bells .. ..stunning pics ..
Great pics Mike
.......absolutely fascinating.....you know this is not too long after the exodus from Kolmanskop. Look at those early bucketwheels. I wonder where these old 40's machines rest in peace.
I reckon most of them are in an unused seawall somewhere..... or covered by a lot of sand in the dunes to the east of town....
Realy great old photo`s are were any high res ones for me
Now in jpg 4, are those the same wooden houses that are along 11th and 12th avenue ?
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Awesome pics!
again great pics .. just looking at the structures on the bucket wheels and conveyor units loooks like one could set up home in one of them ...
My dad, Jock made a comment on those old wooden box houses from the early 40's, reckons in the 70's many of the homes in Oranjemund had a wooden porch built onto the front of them , (Rhona, like your house), Now he remembers being told back in the day, that the wood for these porches came from those original wooden box houses... anyone got anything to add to this......?
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Great stuff
Pic 5 looks like the Power station I recall somebody telling me that the building today was extended onto the original
Pic 25 looks so much like that motor that drove the flat belt drives at South works posted on the other post and those years engraved into the window panes could I be on the right track 1946 maybe or am I dreaming
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The town power station building as it stands today is definitely built in 2 sections; be it 1 part original the other built on later. I'll take another look and see if I can identify which part was built first.
I noticed this when we were still based at the power station before the "million dollar" renovations.
The floor is on 2 different levels, differing by about 2 feet. At this change in floor height the roof trusses change too. The supporting structures, pillars and beams are also different. Will try and get in there with me camera and take a few snaps.
Found one of the houses along 5th today, with one of those Porches that I mentioned earlier on....... they used to be quite common in the 70's...... but are now far and few between!
Also try 37-1st, 33-1st, 27-1st, 33-2nd(?), 29-2nd(?) Avenues... the older 2 bedroom houses.
Thanks Andy, I still need somebody to confirm the tale that these porches were actually built from the original wooden houses from the early 40's......
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My first house after I got married was 37/1st. Just had to add that.
Still get blown away by these old snaps.... anyone else got from this era?
Picture 19, Somewhere down to the river, from Swartkops hill perhaps? Anyone have an idea?