Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2627DB107
Site Name
George William Stone Memorial, District Municipality Building, Veereniging
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 12:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, February 1, 2021 - 12:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
They should correct the lack of access of information, they should have better ways of handing over the informationPurpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Architects namely : EYVIND FINSEN , GUY ANDREWS and CRAWFORD.Builder: Robert's construction buildings (PTY) LTDPerson/Institution Commemorated: Georg william stowRecorder Name: Mogomotsi Ndlangisa and Nangamso Sibangela
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
It commemorate Goerge william stow for his discovery of the coal deposits in the bed of the vaal river
Original Position
Old Bedworth farm on the free state side of the vaal river
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Designer
Construction Date Comment
1923
Construction Materials
Concrete
Pedestal Material
Granite obelisk Rocks
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
His discovery of coal deposits made mining the deposits financially viable to formally established vereeniging which began as a small village
Unveiled Comment
The former president Mr NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA
Inscriptions
This memorial commemorates George William stow who was born in 1822 and he died in 1882
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.674942, 27.92839
Gauteng
- Sedibeng
- Emfuleni
Directions to Site
From Pretoria central take Sophie De Bruyn, Kgosi Mamapuru, take the offramp in Roger Dyason Rd, left into Eeufees Rd and left at the robot, you have reached your destination.
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