Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Johannesburg’s historic old fort stands in Kotzi Street on Hospital Hill, to the north of the city centre. In 1896 the Government of the South African Republic decided to build a fort round the existing prison. The prison was built already in 1892 and enlarged in 1894. The fort was completed in 1899 and handed over to the State Artillery.
A fortification or Fort [1] is easily identifiable as a structure built purely for defensive purposes, however a castle is slightly more subjective. The historical term castle refers to a Fortification that was also a seat of power and governance over the local area, the modern term might refer to a Manor House , a Châteaux or a Mansion and is ...
Fort Daspoortrand, Gauteng(1896–1898) Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847) Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century) Fort Klapperkop, Pretoria, Gauteng (1890s) Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal; Fort Nongqayi, KwaZulu-Natal (1883) Fort Schanskop, Gauteng (1890s) Fort Wonderboompoort, Gauteng (1897) Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c ...
The Old Fort was declared a National Monument in 1964 although it continued as a functioning prison until 1987, after which the buildings and the site as a whole suffered from neglect and vandalism. [3] Constitution Hill opened as a museum in 2004, with tours taking the visitors to three prison museums: Number Four, the Women's Gaol and the Old ...
The forts around Pretoria were systematically disarmed long before the British forces occupied Pretoria, as both men and artillery were needed in the field. Both Fort Klapperkop and Fort Schanskop were fired upon on 3 June 1900 by British artillery, but the fire wasn't returned and Pretoria was occupied without resistance on 5 June 1900.
Johannesburg Fort, Gauteng; Fort Klapperkop, Gauteng; ... (aka Old Fort Walla Walla) Fort Nisqually ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Sentinel Blockhouse in Burgersdorp. This is a list of blockhouses built by the British Empire in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War from 1899–1901. Of the fortifications constructed during the war, around 441 were solid masonry blockhouses, [1] many of which stand today.
Fort Frederick, Eastern Cape; G. ... Knysna Fort; M. Fort Merensky; O. Old Fort (Durban) P. Pretoria Forts; R. Ramkraal Prison ... Text is available under the ...