This Railway Station Building of sandstone was completed shortly before the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). It is one, of only a few Station Buildings erected during the Republican period and forms an important link with the Orange Free State Railway System of the nineteenth Century. During the Battle of Sannaspos on 31 March 1900 the Building provided shelter for the Q Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery against the rifle fire of the Boer force. This building was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 30 May 1985.
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Stasiegebou, Sannaspos
- Coordinates
- -29.1602, 26.5479
- Updated
- 18 Apr 2019
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Stasiegebou, Sannaspos
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- 019/2/302/0002-001 26526, 9/2/302/0065 https://www.sahra.org.za/sahris/sites/923020065
Last updated · 18 Apr 2019
South African History Online. (2011, July 14). Stasiegebou, Sannaspos. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065656
South African History Online (2011) 'Stasiegebou, Sannaspos', South African History Online, 14 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065656 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Stasiegebou, Sannaspos [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065656, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Stasiegebou, Sannaspos." South African History Online, 14 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065656. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Stasiegebou, Sannaspos." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0065656.
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