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A dark, weathered teak pipe section lies horizontally on a grey background. The left end is jagged and broken; the right end is rounded.

Waterworks · record 321

Teak Water Pipe

CTCC\88\174

Teak · 1,770 × 410 × 345 mm. No date is recorded. A possible Tuynhuys find is noted, but this specimen’s findspot is unconfirmed.

3 photographsProvenance unconfirmed
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A dark-grey slate slab with a worn Dutch inscription cut in large capital letters across one smoothed face.

Civic history · record 37

Postal Stone From The “Amsterdam”

CTCC\2004\08

Slate · 560 × 340 × 250 mm. The catalogue records the date as 1635. The inscription is damaged and includes reconstructed text.

Inscription1635
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Photograph sources: City of Cape Town Digital Vault, records 321 and 37.