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Click to view map Coordinates: | This is a strictly utilitarian structure and the only administrative building constructed by the NZASM outside the environs of Pretoria. While not displaying any of the style elements of the eclectic Dutch period termed ‘Wilhelmiens,’ such as the so-called ‘streaky-bacon’ colour banding or stepped or elaborate gables of some of its neighbours, it demonstrates the fine craftsmanship and exacting standards for which the NZASM structures are known, and that combination of both local and imported materials which make it unique to the period and place. Its foundation stone bears the names of two important personages of the time, namely the Chief Engineer of the NZASM, C VAN DER MADE and MCA MEISCHKE, one of the regular contractors for the NZASM. It is now (2012) the Emgwenya Town Council Offices. Building Burns 2016 01 14 - Protesters have set municipal buildings alight but no members of the fire brigade or police are on the scene. According to an eye witness who spoke to a Lowvelder journalist on the scene, police opened fire, killing one minor and injuring a second. (Lowvelder) The insurance company paid for the building to be re-built but unfortunately the beautiful old woodwork could not be replicated. Books that reference NZASM Eastern Line Headquarters Building
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