The Jameson Raid led the South African Republic (Z.A.R.) Executive to instruct Cmdt. A.F. Schiel to construct a fort around part of the existing gaol. Designed to control the town, railways and mines, the fort had two bastions for long-range guns linked by earth ramparts. Convict labour excavated and loaded rock and soil from the northern slopes.
Kotze Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Johannesburg
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