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Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:26
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by sandiswa.mkuba on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 15:06.
Identifiers
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.628985, 19.100193
Western Cape
- Cape Winelands
- Drakenstein
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Statement of Significance
Andrew Geddes Bain discovered the kloof in 1846 when the Colonial Secretary, John Montagu, was searching for a direct route through the mountains between Cape Town and the new Michell's Pass. Montagu accepted the route for his highway and named it Bain's Kloof. Bain commenced construction work in February 1849 and the pass was opened on 12 September 1853 by the Chairman of the Central Road Board, P. B. Borcherds.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
6861
Notice Date
Notice Number
319
Archive Status
National monument
10-K-Wel-2.pdf (433.16 KB)
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