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Railway Houses
Klerksdorp, North West

NZASM: Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij: Architect

Date:c1895
Type:Homestead
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
26°52'09.34" S 26°40'16.80" E Alt: 1325m

This is a row of house built for the railways staff on the eastern side of the railway line of the Railway Station. Some are detached and some are semi-detached. For more information on these houses see:
De Jong, RC, Van der Waal, GM & Heydenrych, DH. 1988. NZASM 100 : 1887-1899, the buildings, steam engines and structures of the Netherlands South African Railway Company
Wasserfall, Jaco. 1989. Early Mine and Railway Houses in South Africa : a two part study of ideology and design in working class houses
Bakker, Karel A; Clarke, Nicholas J & Fisher, Roger C. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa

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.