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Sentinels Firehoses : Rosebank

By Victoria Malcolm 2010 - 2014
I began noticing the design and symbolic appeal of firehoses some time ago at an old concert hall and have been photographing them whenever possible. This is one of my best: neglected and possibly useless, it stands on the platform of the suburban railway station where I used to live in Cape Town. Sentinels of civilisation.

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