Woodhead Dam
Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town. The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.
- Reservoir (intermittent)
- …has a surface elevation of around 730 metres (2,390 feet)
- …is also known as “Woodhead Reservoir”
- Description: dam in Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Table Mountain National Park and Waterworks Museum.
Table Mountain National Park
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Waterworks Museum
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakoven and Camps Bay.
Bakoven
Bakoven is a small residential suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of Cape Town, South Africa.
Camps Bay
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Oranjezicht
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Woodhead Dam
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Latitude
-33.97715° or 33° 58′ 38″ south
Longitude
18.40466° or 18° 24′ 17″ east
Open location code
4FRW2CF3+4V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = reservoir
OpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent = yes
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Tswana—“Woodhead Dam” goes by many names.
سد وودهيدEgyptian Arabic
Dam ɗin WoodheadHausa
diga di WoodheadItalian
سد وودهدPersian
Letamo la WoodheadTswana
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