Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2821AB2
    Site Name
    Old Watermill, Upington
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.46262, 21.240514
      Northern Cape
      • Z F Mgcawu
      • Dawid Kruiper
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 2555
      Upington
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This watermill was built in 1870 by the missionary C. H. W. Schröder. The structure consists of a double-storeyed building and a wooden mill wheel of the over shot type.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property, including the historic water-mill thereon, consisting of the following erven:
      (i) The Remaining Portion of Erf 2555, Upington, situated in the Municipality of Upington, Division of Gordonia, in extent 5 035 (five thousand and thirty-five) square metres; and
      (ii) Erf 2558, Upington, situated in the Municipality of Upington, Division of Gordonia, in extent 431 (four hundred and thirty-one) square metres.
      Deed of Transfer 149/1987, dated 29 April 1987 (par. 5 and 6).

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      13027
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      332
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 434/1968, dated 10 june 1968
      Archive Status
      National monument
      13027-332a.pdf (54.56 KB)
      9-2-032-16.pdf (272.35 KB)
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