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Robben Island Blue Stone Quarry

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ProposalDescription: 

a. Sensitive cut back or removal of vegetation to enable photographic and diagrammatic recording of features. b. Sensitive removal of vegetation and storm debris from concrete platform inside quarry for recording and research purposes. c. photographic surveys d. historical documents and references e. surveyors diagram

ApplicationDate: 

Friday, January 18, 2013 - 10:00

CaseID: 

1342

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Images
Taken in 2006 for the ICMP
Taken in 2002 at the reunion of the reference group
After the closure of the quarry in 1977 but before demolition of structures
Prisoner footprints permanently embedded in concrete platform inside quarry
Photograph from the 1993 NMC report compiled by Patricia Riley
 
 

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