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Fort Glamorgan Powder Magazine
West Bank, East London, Eastern Cape

ROYAL ENGINEERS: Architect

Date:1847
Type:Powder Magazine
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°01'48.44" S 27°54'14.27" E

In the grounds of Fort Glamorgan Prison.

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS COMMISSION
THIS BUILDING IS THE OLD POWDER MAGAZINE
OF FORT GLAMORGAN, ERECTED IN 1847.
IT WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT BUILDING
ERECTED IN THIS LOCALITY

HISTORIESE MONUMENTE-KOMMISSIE
HIERDIE GEBOU IS DIE OU KRUITHUIS
VAN FORT GLAMORGAN, IN 1847 OPGERIG.
DIT IS DIE EERSTE PERMANENTE GEBOU
WAT IN DIE OMGEWING OPGERIG IS.