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                    Fig. 2.1: Sandvlei’s Westlake section seen from the railway line c. 1900. Sheet of clear
                          water and, on the far bank, farm lots between Main Road and water’s edge.



























                  Fig. 2.2: Sandvlei at Lakeside was Cape Town’s only freshwater boating venue situated on a
                    rail station. The Pavilion (tall gabled building in centre) was the focus of activity. (Cape
                                            Times Weekly Supplement, 9/8/1913.)




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