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Park Station - First (b): Railways Museum Kempton Park, Gauteng SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS: Architect

Date: 1952 Client: South African Railways Style: Industrial Archaeology Status: Extant but relocated

In 1951 large-scale works were done to the Park Station rail system, necessitating the demolition of the Park Station - First (a). It was decided to dismantle the prefabricated station building and relocate it to the Esselen Park Railway College / Training Centre as a structure to house a Railways Museum there (Coetzee 'Johannesburg se ou stasie ondergaan gedaantewisseling' SAR+H Magazine, 1952 Vol 46 Issue 1 pp. 3-4; See SAR+H Magazine and SAR+H Magazine.