Showing posts with label Port Office the Point Durban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Port Office the Point Durban. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Port Office, the Point, Durban


Port Office, the Point Beach, Durban ca 1870


It doesn't look a hive of activity but the Port Office was central to all Harbour activities, reports being kept of all vessels entering or departing, or using the slipway; masters of ships came to see the Port Captain here, etc. (Captain William Bell died in 1869.)





Natal Almanac 1897

https://archive.org/stream/natalalmanacdire00pietuoft#page/552/mode/2up/search/Port+Office