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Railways Museum Kempton Park, Gauteng SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS: Architect

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

Also called Park Station - First (b) In 1951 large-scale works were done to the Park Station rail system, necessitating the demolition of the First Park Station. 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. See article by Dr DJ Coetsee 'Johannesburg se ou stasie ondergaan gedaantewisseling' in SAR+H Magazine, January 1952 Vol 46 Issue 1 pp. 3-4: SAR+H Magazine and SAR+H Magazine.