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Chavonnes Battery, Cape Town, South Africa
« on: March 11, 2011, 02:52:52 PM »
This is a pretty interesting site; after you open the link, check out the menu, especially the 'Gallery' and 'The Museum'.

http://www.chavonnesmuseum.co.za/index.html


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Re: Chavonnes Battery, Cape Town, South Africa
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 02:56:12 PM »
Cool site dude!

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Re: Chavonnes Battery, Cape Town, South Africa
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 10:13:16 PM »
This early (completed in 1726) Dutch East India Company (VOC) fortified outpost on the coast of S. Africa has an interesting history. I'm glad the that contemporary Capetonians decided in 1999 to preserve and commemorate that history.
I know that we had a couple members from South Africa; didn't someone hail from Cape town?
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Re: Chavonnes Battery, Cape Town, South Africa
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2011, 06:47:15 AM »
yeah it was someone who called himself CC or EE or something like that
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Re: Chavonnes Battery, Cape Town, South Africa
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2011, 02:48:29 PM »
One of the SA members is PM Fourie (he was last active in Sept.), but I can't recall the other; if memory serves me, along with an interest in artillery he was also into handcrafting custom knives. This thread was just burning up wires on the board, so I thought I'd add a few more pics. :) :D ;D


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Wikimedia Commons    I think it's novel how they constructed the new building around the excavated ruins of the battery.
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