• Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town.
  • 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.
  • We encourage residents and visitors to Cape Town to explore the Woodhead Dam Museum when visiting Table Mountain.
  • Woodhead Dam. With the discoveries of South Africa's diamonds in the 1860s and gold in the 1880s, immigrants flooded into Cape Town and changed it into a...
  • 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)...
  • Sir John Woodhead, Cape Town's mayor laid the last stone in 1897. Carved stone saying Woodhead Reservoir. Loss of pride.
  • 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.
  • Woodhead was the first large stone masonry dam built in Cape Town. The dam holds ASCE International Landmark status.
  • 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...
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  • The Woodhead Dam was built by the Corporation of the City of Cape Town and the first concrete stone was laid on January 6, 1894.
  • ‘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 between 1893 and 1897 on the ‘Back Table’ of the well-known landmark Table Mountain overlooking the city of Cape Town.