Eric Merrifield c1975
Photographer: Unidentified




Eric Merrifield
From collection of the East London Museum
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




Mr Eric Merrifield photographed with dolosse, October 1972. Image courtesy of SAS-SAR.
Reference: Scanned from: The Coelacanth, The Journal of the Border Historical Society, Volume 35, No. 1, June 1997, East London. pg 12.
Submitted by Dave Bowen via William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




Eric Merrifield in 1984, six months before his death
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Caesar Merrifield - 1984




Eric Merrifield was a well known actor in The Guild Theatre Amateur Dramatic Society of East London in the 1960s. This expressive portrait photograph is of Eric as the Wizard in a 1966 Christmas production of ’The Wizard of Oz’. Errol Stein - a professional photographer in East London - took the photograph to illustrate the programme
Submitted by William Martinson

Photographer: Errol Stein




Portrait of Merrifield contained in the special commemorative Brochure produced to mark the re-opening of East London’s Guild Theatre on 29 February 1988 with a performance of Carmen by CAPAB
Submitted by Jeannette Latimer via William Martinson

Photographer: Unidentified




Slinging an 18 Tonne Dolos into place on the East London breakwater, 1965
Submitted by: Caesar Merrifield

Photographer: E M Merrifield - 1965




Dolosse being placed by crane on East London breakwater, 1965
Submitted by: Caesar Merrifield

Photographer: E M Merrifield - 1965




Dolos placed East London with CMM
Photographer: Unidentified




Cape Town harbour
Submitted by Robin Merrifield

Photographer: Kobus Genis




Dolos north jetty Humboldt Bay
Photographer: Unidentified




Stability graph demonstrating superior stability of Dolos compared with other blocks
Photographer: E M Merrifield




Scanned image of Engineering drawing of a Dolos showing dimensional relationship between overall height and length (h) and cross sectional width (0,32h)
Submitted by: Caesar Merrifield





CSIR Poster

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Photographer: Unidentified




Obituary
Source: Daily Dispatch, Thursday, December 2, 1982
Submitted by William MARTINSON






Example of a large Admiralty Pattern sea anchor placed as an exhibit in the grounds of the East London Museum. (Note that the cast iron bollards and linking chains are not part of the anchor)
Photographer: William Martinson - 2019




Dolos monument, High Island Fresh Water Reservoir Scheme, Hong Kong
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: BM Merrifield (Grandson) - 2012




Dolosse being located on the breakwater slope at Tristan da Cunha
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: J Bradshaw - 2019




Dolosse on the southern side of the entrance to Murray's Bay Harbour, Robben Island, South Africa
Photographer: William Martinson - 2019




A scanned copy of an article published in the Daily Dispatch in 1967
Copy of article provided by Glenn Hartwig of the East London Municipal Reference Library.
Submitted by William Martinson