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                      Fig. 2.17: Looking towards Muizenberg from The Fort (now Casa Labia); the railway

                     hugs both the road and the coastline; Posthuys with thatch roof in middle distance, left.

                                                   (MacMillan Coll., UCT).

































                     Fig. 2.18: The narrow road and ‘pinch-point’at Bailey’s Corner showing three modes of
                     transport, kerbing and guttering on the mountain-side edge but rough sea-side edge, oil
                      lamp, a clutter of shacks on the coastal edge, and the Methodist Church (1899) on the
                                                  curve. (W. Cape Archives).
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