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Date: 1928 Type: Power Station Status: Demolished 1991-1992

In 1923 ESCOM appointed consulting engineers, Merz & McLellan, to design the power station. The building was a steel-framed brick construction. The railway siding connecting the power station to Cape Town Railway Station and the Harbour had to be completed for construction traffic before any of the large pieces of equipment could be transported to the site. By 1925 it was already apparent that the power station would not be adequate for the rapid growth in demand for electricity in Cape Town and the surrounding rural areas. Source: Salt River Power Station