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An old machine shop built in the 1920s in the Southern Cape at Klipdale, 170km from Cape Town, was in use more or less as originally built for 70 years until 1990. It will now be restored to working condition but will be kept true to the original. This video shows the first attempt for years to get the old machines working again. The machines are driven from an overhead lineshaft. When the shed was built almost 100 years ago it was one of the biggest in the Cape Province. The business served the local farming community and also was used for production work.
SANDSTONE HERITAGE TRUST, based in Ficksburg, Eastern Free State, is instrumental in acquiring this valuable historical property which can now be saved for posterity, eventually to be used as a museum.