Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318CD657
Site Name
Geosite - Strand Street Quarry
Site Category
References
Reference Types
Book
Citation
Brink (1981). Engineering Geology of Southern Africa, Volume 2 - Rocks of 2000 to 300 Million Years in Age. Building Publications, Pretoria, 255p.
Reference Types
Newspaper
Citation
Cape Argus (2013). Funding delay on quarry revamp. 4 September 2013, p. 7.
Date Retrieved
Reference Types
Newspaper
Citation
Cape Times (1905). The Strand Street Quarry. 12 October 1905, p. 4.
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.917502, 18.415526
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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Submitted by doug.cole on 24/10/2013 - 12:04.
Grading
Grade IIIa
Grading Date
GradingComment
Strand Street Quarry exploited slate and quartzitic slate of the Late Precambrian Malmesbury Group for building stone in Cape Town from 1660 until 1905. It forms a local historical site of mining activity. Grading by: DOUG COLE
Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Medium
Statement of Significance
Strand Street Quarry is the oldest known quarry in South Africa and was opened in 1660 for construction of Cape Town Castle. It was subsequently worked intermittently for foundation stone, fill and building stone in Cape Town. There are plans by the City of Cape Town and Table Mountain National Park to develop a Tourist Gateway at the quarry.
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