Old Marine Oil siding

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allanroy
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Old Marine Oil siding

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This is in Dido valley just before Simons Town and used to be the siding for the marine oil factory which has been demolished
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Nathan Berelowitz
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Re: Old Marine Oil siding

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Reminds me of the track on the Aliwl North Barkly East line, where the construction of a tunnel with a line to go over the gorge was completed and the bridge never came. Perhaps this line in the above photo, could have been a plan to span the two sshores and eliminate the curves!!
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