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The building of the Durban Local History Museum was completed in 1866. The architect was Peter Paterson. The building was originally used as a court and post office and as such is the oldest surviving Government building in Durban. Current use: museum. This building is located between the beach end of the City Hall and Aliwal Street..
Durban has a natural harbour, Port of Durban, which is the busiest port in South Africa and the fourth-busiest in the Southern Hemisphere. The extent of urban sprawl the Greater Durban agglomeration has experienced, virtually adjoining surrounding smaller towns, has made boundaries in the metropolitan area quite complicated.
1968 - Durban Heights water reservoir begins operating. [6] 1970 - Population: 736,853 city; 850,946 metro. [16] 1972 - University of Durban-Westville opens. 1973 - 1973 Durban strikes [4] 1977 - Durban Container Terminal begins operating at the Port of Durban. 1978 - 8 January: Academic Rick Turner assassinated. [17] 1985 Anti-Indian unrest.
The Port of Durban, commonly called Durban Harbour, is the largest and busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa. [2] It handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year. [ 3 ] It is the fourth largest container terminal in the Southern Hemisphere , handling approximately 4.5 million TEU in 2019.
The Bluff promonotory is a remnant of an extensive coastal dune system that formed along the shoreline of KwaZulu-Natal between two and five million years ago. [2] It is situated just south of the Durban CBD and plays a key role in shielding the Port of Durban from the Indian Ocean, forming the port’s southern quayside.
South Africa's major port of Durban, where operations were disrupted by severe flooding last week, is now functional and a backlog of thousands of containers will be cleared within five to six ...
A board of commissioners, known as the Harbour Board of Natal, was established by the government of the Colony of Natal at the port of Durban in 1877. It consisted of seven members, the Colonial Engineer, the Collector of Customs, the Port Captain, the Mayor of Durban, two nominees from the Durban Chamber of Commerce and one member appointed by the Natal Government.
Admission is free to the Port St. Lucie History Museum and Education Center, operated by the Port St. Lucie Historical Society.