300 OLD WRECKS
Perhaps no other harbour lias so much treasure trove as Capetown harbour. Table Bay is the graveyard of at least 300 wrecks and scores of cannon balls. For the last 18 months dredgers have been hard at work burying these historical wrecks for all time as part of reclamation work which is being carried out in connection with Capetown's £0,000,000 harbours cheme for building a new civic and shopping centre on the reclaimed land. The other day an old wooden wreck was discovered, strong ly built and heavily armed, and its figurehead was sent to a museum.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 195, 5 August 1940, Page 7
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100300 OLD WRECKS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 195, 5 August 1940, Page 7
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