{"id":459,"date":"2011-08-09T10:53:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T10:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/mcgregorza\/?p=459"},"modified":"2012-08-09T19:24:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T19:24:23","slug":"fort-klapperkop-one-of-pretorias-historic-forts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/mcgregorza\/2011\/08\/09\/fort-klapperkop-one-of-pretorias-historic-forts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Klapperkop – one of Pretoria’s historic forts"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the months prior to the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899 the government of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR \u2013 the South African Republic) four forts were constructed to defend the capital, Pretoria.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The entrance to Fort Klapperkop<\/p><\/div>\n

One of these, Fort Klapperkop, was built at a cost of \u00a3<\/span>50000 and was handed over to the government of the ZAR on 18 January 1898. Included in the fort was the Central Magazine, also handed over that day.<\/p>\n

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The entrance to the Central Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n

By the following January the fort was manned by 17 troops, increased to 30 six months later, although only three months later the number had been reduced to 16.<\/p>\n

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A replica of the “Long Tom” cannon stands guard over the southern approaches to Fort Klapperkop<\/p><\/div>\n

By October 1899 the armaments of the fort included a \u201cLong Tom\u201d, a 37mm Maxim-Nordenfelt and three Martini-Henry hand-maxims.<\/p>\n

The \u201cLong Tom\u201d was sent to Ladysmith (Natal) by train to assist the Boer forces there. A 65mm Krupp mountain gun was the only armament left at the fort, with two Martini-Henrys, by 7 November 1899.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fort had a reservoir under its floor fed from the Fountains Valley some distance away. <\/span><\/p>\n

Communications with the outside world were by means of heliographic and overhead telegraphic links as well as telephone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The generator which supplied power to the fort<\/p><\/div>\n

The fort had electric power supplied by a paraffin engine and generator.<\/p>\n

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Part of the moat around Fort Klapperkop<\/p><\/div>\n

Unlike the other Pretoria forts Klapperkop had a moat and drawbridge, though the moat seems never to have been filled.<\/p>\n

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A display in the museum<\/p><\/div>\n

The fort is now a museum with some well-planned displays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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