Tag: Mine houses

• History of Fordsburg

  

  Fordsburg was established in 1888 on land that had once been part of the farm Langlaagte (more on the history of the early farms HERE). It was owned and laid out by the private firm of Ford & Jeppe Estate Company who had acquired land to the east and west of the new mining camp.…

  Marc Latilla

  November 21, 2019

  Johannesburg

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