Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318CD658
Site Name
Geosite - Graaf's Pool Quarry
Site Category
Geological
References
Date Retrieved
Reference Types
Newspaper
Citation
Cape Argus 8/9 May 1999, page 3
Record Administration
Author
doug.cole
Post date
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.91243, 18.387322
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 252493
Submitted by
Submitted by doug.cole on 16/10/2013 - 15:29.
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment

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Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Historical
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
Statement of Significance

Small quarry on foreshore of Sea Point that exploited Malmesbury Group slate and siltstone for railway ballast for the Sea Point railway between 1880 and 1882. Is of historical interest and later formed the site of a tidal swimming pool.
Reference: Cape Argus (1999) 8/9 May 1999, page 3.

Autoid
Grading - 225391
Submitted by
Submitted by doug.cole on 16/10/2013 - 15:17.
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment

Grading by: DOUG COLE

Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Historical
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
Statement of Significance

Small quarry on foreshore of Sea Point that was worked for railway ballast for the Sea Point railway between 1880 and 1882. Is of historical interest and later formed the site of a tidal swimming pool.
Reference: Cape Argus (1999) 8/9 May 1999, page 3.

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