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- The Woodhead Dam Museum in Cape Town is a historical museum that takes visitors on a journey through time to learn about the city’s water supply.
- View over Woodhead Dam in 1906, from Popular Science Monthly Volume 68. In 1870, the growth of Cape Town led to shortages of drinking water.
- We encourage residents and visitors to Cape Town to explore the Woodhead Dam Museum when visiting Table Mountain.
- Location of Woodhead Dam in Cape Town. ... The Hely-Hutchinson Dam and reservoir were built by 1904 just upstream of the Woodhead reservoir.
- The water in the dams is untreated and no swimming is allowed. Up until the 1880s all who lived in Cape Town were dependent on one stream of water (Disa River)...
- The Woodhead dam was constructed between 1893 and 1897 on the ‘Back Table’ of the well-known landmark Table Mountain overlooking the city of Cape Town.
- Woodhead was the first large stone masonry dam built in Cape Town. The dam holds ASCE International Landmark status.
- ‘The history of Woodhead Dam is clearly still very relevant to the issues we’ve faced in Cape Town recently, with 2018’s drought still fresh in the back of our minds.
- The Woodhead Dam was constructed across Disa Gorge to create an adequate water supply, thereby enabling Cape Town to avert water shortages and install...
- Meanwhile, the City is celebrating the 126th anniversary of Woodhead Dam. Situated on Table Mountain, it has supplied Cape Town residents with water for more...
- # The City of Cape Town is inviting people to visit the Woodhead Dam Museum. The museum located across the Hely Hutchinson Dam on Table Mountain...
- Visitors will get a chance to explore the Woodhead Dam’s history, its intricate construction process and its past role in Cape Town’s primary water sources.
- Summary[edit]. DescriptionWoodhead Dam Wall Table Mountain Cape Town.JPG. English: Woodhead Dam. Date.
