Muizenberg, Cape Town : Muizenberg train station

Friday, July 1, 2011

Muizenberg train station

Muizenberg train station

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Have they sealed the subway? Was there ever a subway there? I'm sure there was one there back in the late seventies?; July 2, 2011 at 6:06 PM
Anonymous said...: Have they sealed the subway? Was there ever a subway there? I'm sure there was one there back in the late seventies?; July 2, 2011 at 6:06 PM
Unknown said...: Sorry, Yes the subway is there, just above the bonnet of the green car on the right of the photograph, and it comes out behind that little tuck shop (to the right of the green bench).

They clean it almost every two day and there is minimal graffiti, and safe for all to walk through...

Cheers
james; July 7, 2011 at 12:12 PM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.