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Date: 1947 Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 27°53'46.46" S 33°01'18.53" E Alt: 14m

See more photographs A memorial erected to mark the occasion of the opening of the Princess Elizabeth Dry Dock in East London Harbour. Transcription of Commemorative granite plaque (English) SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS PRINCESS ELIZABETH DOCK MAXIMUM DOCK LENGTH 686' 3" WIDTH OF COPING AT ENTRANCE 89' 3" DEPTH OVER SILL AT H.W.O.S.T. 33' 6" STARTED MARCH 1943 - FINISHED DECEMBER 1946 MINISTER OF TRANSPORT: THE HON. F.C. STURROCK, M.P. GENERAL MANAGER: W. MARSHALL CLARK, O.B.E. B.Sc. (ENG) A.M.I.C.E. CHIEF CIVIL ENGINEER: J.S. DE V. VON WILLICH, B.Sc. (ENG) A.M.I.C.E. HARBOUR ENGINEER: G.H. DEAS, M.B.E. B.Sc. (ENG) A.M.I.C.E. Transcription of Commemorative granite plaque (Afrikaans) SUID AFRIKAANSE SPOORWEË PRINSES ELIZABETH - DOK MAKSIMUM DOKLENGTE 686' 3" MUURKAPWYDTE BY INGANG 89' 3" DIEPTE OOR DRUMPEL BY H.W.G.S.G. 33' 6" BEGIN MAART 1943 - VOLTOOI DESEMBER 1946 MINISTER VAN VERVOER: SY ED.. F.C. STURROCK, L.V. HOOF BESTUURDER: W. MARSHALL CLARK, O.B.E. B.Sc. (ENG) A.M.I.C.E. SIVIELE HOOFINGENIEUR: J.S. DE V. VON WILLICH, B.Sc. (ENG) A.M.I.C.E. HAWE INGENIEUR: G.H. DEAS, M.B.E. B.Sc. (ENG) A.M.I.C.E. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: South African Railways and Harbours. 1947. Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock and the Port of East London. Johannesburg: South African Railways and Harbours. pg