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ORANJEMUND DISCUSSIONS! => The Photograph Board! => Photographs Comment Board => Topic started by: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 04:18:13 PM

Title: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 04:18:13 PM
Thank you Toy

1. Power Station
2. Power Station
3. Bucket wheel and cooling tower at Power Station
4. Cooling tower Power Station
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 04:24:40 PM
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Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 04:27:24 PM
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Post by: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 04:28:58 PM
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Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 04:33:16 PM
Looking at the pully system on photo 365

There is evedence of this used at South Works to pull the pans up the dumps
somehow these photo's have revelance to operations at South Works in the G11 area not 100%
sure this is the same
Alfred
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Mike Stenson (RIP) on February 06, 2012, 05:00:00 PM
I see overalls and hard hats were scarce those days.........
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 06, 2012, 05:09:08 PM
 bravo  This is indeed incredible historical pics. How sure are you about the date though? 1930 or 36/37?

Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 06, 2012, 05:10:00 PM
What is the Bergbau?

Amazing how the Power station looked like in the beginning....

Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 05:13:32 PM
Did not date them they where saved like that
I don't speak German maybe Goerge can help
I got lots Swakopmund 1911
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Clint Ebstein on February 06, 2012, 05:19:16 PM
Thanks Toy
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on February 06, 2012, 06:02:22 PM


Bergbau .... means....  Mining.       drinking-41
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Leon Sumter on February 06, 2012, 07:30:10 PM
Absolutly amazing. Pic 0369 says it all. Look at these hardy types. I wonder who these guys were and if in fact some of them remained in OMD and started families. Maybe some of the 'elderly' OMD'rs can put names to these men.
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 07, 2012, 05:06:28 AM
Quote from: Leon Sumter on February 06, 2012, 07:30:10 PM
Absolutly amazing. Pic 0369 says it all. Look at these hardy types. I wonder who these guys were and if in fact some of them remained in OMD and started families. Maybe some of the 'elderly' OMD'rs can put names to these men.

Good point here Leon, not a single one of these chaps are "smiling" for the Camera, must have been a hard life back then...

Also they are kitted out for winter and I like the "Chicago: fashion.....
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: cloeffler on February 07, 2012, 09:58:40 AM
Quote from: Alfred Boehme on February 06, 2012, 05:13:32 PM
Did not date them they where saved like that
I don't speak German maybe Goerge can help
I got lots Swakopmund 1911

We got an answer about "Bergbau = Mining" already and "1930er" means it is sowhere in the 1930ies so it could be anytime between 1930 and 1939!
Hope this helps a bit! Nevertheless EXCELLENT PICS!!!!!!
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 07, 2012, 01:21:25 PM
I heard a whisper this afternoon that there are more pics on the way.....

woo_hoo
Title: Re: Oranjemund 1930
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on February 07, 2012, 01:48:36 PM
@ Alfred...great photo's you've posted here.....The coats the men are wearing look much the same as the one I have here that belonged to our Oupa Paul. He wore it back in 1928/30 when he was in Elizabethbay. I did wonder why on earth he would wear such a heavy coat in that climate.... now I guess he wasn't the only one :-)    I posted a pic of it under ...."Photographs".... Attention Henniek.
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