View of Durban Harbour from what is now the Berea
Picture is of unknown date and artist but estimated to be circa 1866
Source: "The DHS Story 1866-1966", HD Jennings, Durban High School and Old Boys Memorial Trust 1966




The first wooden railway - Bluff area Durban 1856-1857
It carried stone for John Milne’s improvement works to the harbour entrance – the stone was taken over to the Point in barges for the construction on the original North Pier, until Governor Scott appointed Vetch, whose pier, a disaster, was built further north.

Source: EFA Huth, The Story of the South African Railways and Personality magazine 1964






The Point from the Bluff (circa 1864) by GH Gordon showing a portion of Milne's Pier and Vetch's Pier
Source: Neon No. 14, May 1974, Natal Education Department, Pietermartizburg




Durban from the Berea (circa 1859) by by James West, surveyor
Source: From the cover of Durban Architecture and History of Durban - A guide edited by BT Kearney, Itafa Heritage Trust, 2010


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