page_title: Pretoria Forts
section_title: Fort Wonderboompoort
hierarchical_section_title: Pretoria Forts / The three German forts / Fort Wonderboompoort
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Voormalige dienskamers en woonkwartiere van Fort Wonderboompoort in die huidige Wonderboom Natuurreservaat. Die vertrekke vanaf die naaste, was die Ammunisiestoor en watervoorraad, Hospitaal(?), Kombuis(?), Telegraafkamer, Masjienkamer, (die groot) Soldaatkwartiere, Proviandstoor, Offisierskwartiere en (net sigbaar) die Perdestal. English: Former duty rooms and living quarters of Fort Wonderboompoort in the current Wonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria. Starting from the closest, they were the Ammunition store and reservoir, Hospital(?), Kitchen(?), Telegraph room, Machine room, (the large) Soldier's quarters, Provisions store, Officer's quarters and (just visible) the Stable.
context_page_description: The Pretoria Forts consists of four forts built by the government of the South African Republic just before the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War around their capital of Pretoria.
context_section_description: This fort was completed in September 1897 by Von Dewitz and Werner for a total cost of GBP £49,000. As with Fort Schanskop, it was also supplied with electricity, a telephone and running water.
  The fort was armed with a 75 mm Creusot gun ("Long Tom"), a 37 mm Maxim-Nordenfeldt cannon and a hand-cranked Martin-Henry Maxim. Initially eighteen gunners were stationed in the fort, but both men and armaments were gradually withdrawn until only one gunner and no cannons were left on 5 June 1900.
caption: Ruins of Fort Wonderboompoort
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