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Title: Cape Town water supply : Table Mountain survey : general plan. Drawing No. 1 accompanying Hydraulic Engineer's report for 1881
Subject: Water-supply--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps,
Description: Map showing proposed water sources, reservoirs and intake points on Table Mountain and pipe tracks around the mountain for schemes 1 and 2, to serve the suburbs from Newlands to Woodstock and Cape Town itself, with another track to Sea Point.The map shows Table Mountain, Devil's Peak, the Twelve Apostles, Signal Hill and Lion's Head, the Liesbeeck River and Newlands Spring, Hout's Bay Stream, Disa Stream, Blinkwater Stream and Kasteel Stream, Breda's Field Reservoir and Sea Point Reservoir, Maclear's Beacon, a block house and foot paths. The map also shows a street grid for Cape Town with the railway station, the Castle, Jurgen's Field and Kloof Neck. Table Bay and Camp's Bay are shown with the coastline by Sea Point. Roads and railway lines are shown from Wynberg to Cape Town. The locations of the German Church and the Dutch Reformed Church in Wynberg are indicated. Some colour. Relief shown by hachures. Scale 1 inch to 100 Cape roods. 78/8 inch to 1000 feet.
Identifier: islandora:25186

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