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Fig. 2.82: Rocks of Ages forming three capes (RRW): Cape Point with first lighthouse,
above (1860), that was replaced with one lower down in 1919; Cape Maclear centre left
named after Sir Thomas Maclear, Her Majesty’s Astronomer at the Cape 1833 – 1870;
Cape of Good Hope at extreme left.
The horizontally stratified rocks are Peninsula Formation sandstones of the Table Mountain
Group. The TMG rocks were formed between 440 – 500 million years ago.

References

Bull, M. and J. Denfield (1970) Secure the Shadow – The Story of Cape Photography from its
beginnings to the end of 1870, Terence McNally, Cape Town.

Rollo Ravenscroft Family websites (RRW): https://www.td-ravenscroft.co.za;
https://www.ravenscroft.za.net/td.html;

Felicity Jervis, A Photographic Legacy © in: https://www.td-ravenscroft.co.za; &
https://www.hermanus-history-society.co.za/2016/02/. & pers comm.

Kathy Munro, Wits University, pers. comm. kathy@zimstone.co.za.

Frank Pople, WCA & RS pers. com. And with thanks for scanning the glass negatives.

Views of South Africa (undated). Published by Paul Schafer & Co. Cape Town.

Views of Cape Town and Suburbs (undated). Published by Paul Schafer & Co. Cape Town.