Britstown
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Britstown is a small farming town situated in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The town is named after Hans Brits who settled here after accompanied David Livingstone on a venture into the interior. In 1877 a community centre and a church was built on a section of Brit's farm. A private irrigation scheme was started by the Smartt Syndicate in 1885 and liquidated in 1954. The concern built two dams, planted lucerne and wheat. They grazed karakul sheep and Clydesdale horses. In 1961 floods destroyed the Smartt Irrigation Board Dam and it was rebuilt by the government in 1964.
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