Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2930DD159
    Site Name
    Umbilo Waterworks, Paradise Valley Nature Reserve, Pinetown
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -29.832316, 30.892176
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • eThekwini
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 3064 & 3065
      Erf/Farm Portion: RE & RE
      Oxford Road
      Paradise Valley
      Pinetown
      Directions to Site
      The remains of the Umbilo Water -works... The remains of the dam wall, bridge, inlet tower, settlement dam, filters and clearwater reservoir, as well as an area bounded in the north-east and east by aline 30 metres from the middle of the river: in the south-west by a line 10 metres south-west of the south-western edge of the Old spillway:in the north-west by a line at right-angles to the course of the river and in line with the north-western end of the old spillway : and in the south by an extention of the line which defines the northern boundary of Erf 3888, situated on Remainder of Lot 3064 and Remainder of Lot 3065, Pinetown, in the bourough of Pinetown and Administrative District of Natal.
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This site is one of the earliest large scale gravity fed water supply schemes in South AFrica.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The remains of the dam wall, bridge, inlet tower, settlement dam, filters and clearwater reservoir,

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      15529
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      413
      Deeds Number
      T15824/1990 mref 1992 0046 2604
      Diagram Number
      T138/886 & T306/886
      Archive Status
      National monument
      9-2-437-5.pdf (415.42 KB)
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