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Prince Alfred Waterfront Founding plaque

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Cape Town, South Africa

Historical landmark

Prince Alfred Waterfront Founding plaque Reviews | Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars (2 reviews)

Prince Alfred Waterfront Founding plaque is located in Cape Town, South Africa on Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Prince Alfred Waterfront Founding plaque is rated 4.8 out of 5 in the category historical landmark in South Africa.

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Lloyd De Jongh

This is the Alfred Basin Plaque. It commemorates the laying of the harbour foundation stone on September 17, 1860. It is fixed where the prince stood on the day. He pulled a silver trigger that released a truckload of ceremonial rocks into the sea. Twenty thousand people turned up to watch this historical occasion. Amongst them were the then Xhosa chief, Sandile, and Soga, the first black Presbyterian minister in South Africa. The Alfred Basin was the first docks for what is today the Port of Cape Town. The Alfred Basin was officially opened by and named after Prince Alfred the Duke of Edinburgh, in July 1870 after 10 years of construction work. The prince, Queen Vctoria's second son, laid the foundation stone in 1860.

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Fawaz Aldawood

مكان جميل يقدمون عروض فلكورية لبعض الدول.

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