In no particular order..... as I drove around this morning, I had my trusty camera with me... just took 10 total random snaps.....
Who knows ..... somebody out there might like to see them....
Just my 2 cents...
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On Snap number 4..... see the car on the left of the snap? Well.... that's one of those magic cars....... that does not have to stop at 4 way stops...... this guy did'nt even slow down...... just shot right on through to the other side.............. perhaps it's one of those toyota's that does' not have working brakes in it......
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It was misty this morning.....
Great pics...
Thanx Mike! Great feeling to see pics of our town... any pics of the town bring back memories and that amazing feeling of a happy childhood that only Oranjemund could bring.
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Hi Mike,
Thanks for great pics. Re pic number four: what are those huge tanks for and where in town are they situated?
Regards
Bob.
Bob, those are the town water reservoirs. The pumps at Fellamn Wells and the river bank pump the water up to 2 reservoirs on Swartkops hill, chlorinate it and flows by gravity to the 4 dams in town. They are around Pigsville area, perhaps slightly southward.
Here the town is given water pressure from the booster pump station located at these reservoirs.
The dams are in the yellow block.
Thanks for these Michael! its amazing how these Pic's jog the memory....................... 164 image04
Bob. here is the official article regarding those water tanks, from April 1971
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Always wondered when the old pumps with the platforms around them were used.
These were superceded I think around '81 somewhere by more wellpoints (borehole type) with submersibke pumps. Judging by the casings the boreholes could even be some of the old holes that were redrilled with new casings inserted.
I found the dates on old plans at Town Electric in 1999 that referred to the "new riverbank pumps"
Mike Voden, you might remember something like that...
Thanks Mike & Andre,
This site is a mine of information - and instant feedback nogal.
Regards,
Bob.
Hehehehe!, More like pure fluke.... I was going through old newsletters looking for images of a particular person, when that article cropped up!
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Sorry Andy D, before my time but I'm sure there are some members on the Forum that worked on the river pumps before the current ones were installed
... and if you are interested, here is a 1971 Article relating to the wells...
Not sure if this was on here before....
Here is what is left of the northern most Fehlman well at 4 Plant after the mining process exposed it down to bedrock.
You clearly see where the lateral filters extended from in the 2nd pic.
Pic 01, taken 2003 after the dredge had stripped through the area.
Pic 02 & 03, taken 2005 when the bedrock cleaning teams had been through the area.
Attempts were made to push these "wells" over without success. So there they stand for the Portuguese to come back in 500 years time and wonder what the heck these people were doing here under the sea.
Now, that is interesting, somewhere on this forum, is black and White snaps of the guys building that structure.... I just cannot remember where though....
Michael it looks as if it could be an article from a Newsletter. We have the Feb abd April 1971 issues. Is it maybe another month?
just a few that I kept in the reject box-
and a few more
and another
The Beauvallon one has reference.... if you guys could see how politics and AA have buggered up that farm..... a mere shadow of itself.... I get so angry with the politicians that could not see further than their pockets....
Here is a 2011 Google earth shot, somewhere on this forum is an article from the beginning of this year, discussing how redundant this once prized farm has become...
Hennie, the pic of inside the shopping centre..... can anyone add more with regard to where exactly in the centre we are? What direction are we looking at? what department is on the left? Hennie is the snap inverted?
Great history... woo_hoo
Hennie, the snap "Opening of the new store" is that when the Spar franchise opened? Notice the chopper flying overhead.... I was there that day, the chopper flew over dropping R2 notes , the bus in the road.... that was the old blue faithful ..... bright red seats inside... a real yankee type bus.....
Michael if there were a "like" button here I would like your post re: Beauvallon.... my thoughts exactlly. As for the shopping centre looks like its after I left in 1981....to me looks like the entrance is to the right and that blue/green type board ahead was the old entrance to the gents. Just guessing here from what I see.
Pic .re inside the shopping centre. looking in the direction of Jasper house. As one came in at the main entrance , there was a notice board . Look carefull and you will see a notice [ the white one ] for the "Diamond Draw " fund raising for ?? Club . [I Remember Keith Brooks won the draw twice ] Directly oposite on the left was a little blackboard where the specials were written on with chalk . Man in blue is Corrie vd Nest . on the right just before the arch entrance was the toys and books. Turnuing left would take one to the groceries and Hardware
few more The one at Bogen- the bus was a luxury coach- Mercedes- Turbo Diesel- . Why then old Schackelton - in the old days they patrolled the coastline up to Walvis and further up north to the Angola border . Every week or so , just off the coast , one would drone past Oranjemund
Looking at the Fellman wells,I installed the torpedo pumps on many of them on the pumping deck. A wee story involving these wells, Tony Dunster and I were checking one out ,it wasnt pumping correctly, so we opened the hatch and climed down the vertical ladder attached to the side of the well,I was checking the electrodes to see if there was a problem,mind you the other pumps were working and we were only checking the one that wasnt pumping. Needless to say we were now below the natural water table,all of a sudden there was a power cut,and Tony was struggling to get back up to the hatch,I was directly below him bumping him on the rear end with my head to hurry up as I could feel the water coming up over my legs,the water was up to my neck by the time I could get out.
Another close call.
2 cents worth old pic's
That's the convair I remember...
and ebay looks pretty good for 1930.....
Here's one of Oranjemund from a different angle, taken from the air , west of Omund above the Ocean, looking Eastwards with the Richterveldt mountains in the East....
a few more pics . The one of mid town . note the ancor wire is slack. that was as the result of a Ovambo that could not steer properly . Reason being - They worked on a chev motor car 's altenator , and to get to it , all vee belts needed to be taken off , including the one that drives the hydraulic oil pump . As the mechanics were thirsty , a trip to the bottle store was urgently requiered. and since the battery was in good condition , starting was no problem . comming from local hostel , he just could not steer properly around the corner without the assistance of the power steering . The ancor wire was in his way . fortunately the lamp post stayed upright.
It was a night.....
Had a look at the March 2010 post with the CDM Water Affairs announcement. Who was in charge of writing these? I had to Google "propinquity" and found it to mean "one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction". Am I getting old or do the meanings of words change? Mind you - this one was totally new to me!
1 January breakfast on beach. graves next to road to Beauvallon . lawn in front of Casey's & traffic circle - all +/- 1979
What,Who and where Are those graves?
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Had a look at the March 2010 post with the CDM Water Affairs announcement. Who was in charge of writing these? I had to Google "propinquity" and found it to mean "one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction". Am I getting old or do the meanings of words change? Mind you - this one was totally new to me!
I remember when a Power Cut was a Power Cut, not a power outage....
Also wonder when it all changed....
Well :poop: happens hey :-)
re - the graves. about halfway between Alex airport an Beauvallon farm . the were a few black wattle trees. . graves about 30 yards on the river side of the road. on the opposite side , towards the south , 1. there were some ruins - and a trolley with a engine in very poor working condition , mounted on it . as these pics were taken more than 30 years ago , I doubt if any of these remains today . added two more - 2. On the way to Port - there was a turnoff and the farmers post box mounted on a pole - the postman to delivered once a week - 3. an one year was a good flower year for O Munders to enjoy a weekend out and stay over at Springbok caravan park
inside & outside convair . namib air .