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Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:30
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Sunday, March 14, 2021 - 19:50.
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Inventory Reference
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Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The government engineer at Architecture of the Transvaal republic, sytze wierda, designed a Bridge for church street where it crossed the apies. However as the Bridge lay directly under the confluence of the apies river and Walker.Purpose:Date Unveiled: 1999Designer: Sytze WierdaBuilder: UnknownPerson/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Precious Chauke and Boipelo Chauke
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Monument Type
Description
Before the Pretoria was founded In 1855 people and Ox-wagons often cross the apies river at Arcadia drift. The plaque commemorates and acknowledges this history.
Original Position
Church street
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
Unknown
Construction Materials
Granite and Bronze
Pedestal Material
Cement
Event Commemorated
The roars of Lions at the drift. It held people in awe, and one occasion for lions had to be shot after killing some cattle there.
Unveiled Comment
Erected by the Pretoria Inner city partnership and the action apies river working committee
Inscriptions
1855
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by bonga.mapundu on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:44.
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Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
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Location
Location
Mapping
-25.745482, 28.201409
Gauteng
- City of Tshwane
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Church Street East
Pretoria
Pretoria
Access details
Free access to the public on the street, no security.
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The property with the Lion Bridge thereon and described as follows: The figure ABCDA re
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
7973
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
2819
Archive Status
National monument
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