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- 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.
- Woodhead Dam has been providing water to the residents of Cape Town for 126 years, exemplifying the city’s perseverance in addressing water challenges.
- 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...
- 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.
- Sir John Woodhead, Cape Town's mayor laid the last stone in 1897. Carved stone saying Woodhead Reservoir. Loss of pride.
- 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.
- 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)...
- 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 built by the Corporation of the City of Cape Town and the first concrete stone was laid on January 6, 1894.
- Woodhead Dam (StreetView). © Google Maps. ... Molteno Dam. Maiden's Cove Car Park ("Black Mirror"). Love Island UK Casa Amor - Cape Town.
- 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.
