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2 unusual facts about R and W Hawthorn


R and W Hawthorn

In 1870 they built St. Peter's Works adjoining that of Robert Stephenson and Company and in 1880 amalgamated with the shipbuilder A. Leslie and Company, to become Hawthorn Leslie and Company.

In 1936 it was proclaimed a national monument and has since been plinthed in the concourse at Cape Town station.



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