The Reassembled Dome After completion of much of the restoration work, on site reassembly begins Individual pieces having primer undercoat applied for oxidation prevention before being painted with a coloured coat. The state of the Vasco da Gama Clock in 2016 just prior to the start of the relocation and preservation project. The Vasco da Gama Clock in recent years after the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gamas naming of Natal. Located in Margaret Mncadi Ave (Esplanade), Durban, it still had the statue of Samson intact on the pedestal. Miscellaneous images of the clock in its first 100 years of existence
Dome Reassembly Complete
December 18, 2017
Reassembly begins
August 7, 2017
Restoration Begins
November 8, 2016
2016 – Prior to Preservation
October 1, 2016
1997 – 2015
October 1, 2015
1897-1997
October 1, 1997
