Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC22/NAMM/0022
Inventory Number
3420BB32
Site Name
Heidelberg Canal, Swart Street, Heidelberg
Site Category
Structures
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 15:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 15:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
DC4/NAMM/0041
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Masithembe Bam
Rector Mabunda
Classifications
Monument Type
Unknown
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Natural canal with concrete bund walls
Event Commemorated
The Canal flood in 1867 and 1875
Inscriptions
This is a memorial for an almost catastrophic flood that happened in 1865, and again in 1875 where the canal overflowed causing tragedy and major loss
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.091307, 20.956249
Western Cape
  • Eden
  • Hessequa
Directions to Site
It's situated on Chief Albert Luthuli Street between the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and the Tatham Art Gallery. You go straight up from the offramp on N3 into Church Street until you reach the city Hall and turn left on Chief Albert Luthuli Street
Access details
No permission needed
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