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Click to view map Coordinates: | 2017: The Building is extant but has been significantly altered. Cumming-George 1933 THE BUILDING was erected for the General Motors (S.A.) Ltd., for the assembling of motor cars, at North End, Port Elizabeth. The front portion contains a large showroom, two stories high, with offices in the wings and on the top floor. Provision was also made for a caffateria. The factory in the rear covers an area of 720 ft. (219.46m) by 360 ft. (109.73m) with a 720 ft. (219.46m) by 10 ft. (3.05m) wide covered platform. The walls are of reinforced concrete, pier and panel construction and the building has a steel saw tooth roof, covered with corrugated asbestos. The grounds are laid out with sports fields and pavilions, also 3 swimming bath, .and test track. Cost was approximately £ 110,000. Lifts: Waygood-Otis (S.A.) Ltd. Writings about this entry
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