Waterworks Museum
The Waterworks Museum is located on the northern side of Table Mountain, between the Woodhead and Hely-Hutchinson Reservoirs, in Cape Town, South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Table Mountain National Park and Woodhead Dam.
Table Mountain National Park
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Table Mountain National Park is a 221-km² park in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
Woodhead Dam
Reservoir
Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Table Mountain (Maclear’s beacon)
Peak
Photo: Barry Ne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination. The beacon is situated on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakoven and Camps Bay.
Bakoven
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bakoven is a small residential suburb on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, in the southwest of Camps Bay. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. Bakoven is situated 3 km northwest of Waterworks Museum.
Camps Bay
Photo: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camps Bay is a suburb in Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. Founded as Kamps Baai it was once considered to become Cape Town's harbour. It has become a tourism hot spot because it offers a great combination of restaurants, bars, amenities, accommodation and a fantastic beach, all very close to each other.
Newlands
Suburb
Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall. Newlands is situated 4½ km east of Waterworks Museum.
Waterworks Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: South African museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.97488° or 33° 58′ 30″ southLongitude
18.40756° or 18° 24′ 27″ eastOpen location code
4FRW2CG5+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 26752708OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7974585
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In Other Languages
“Waterworks Museum” goes by many names.
- Ukrainian: “Музей водопроводу (Кейптаун)”
- Ukrainian: “Музей водопроводу”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hely-Hutchinson Dam and St. Michael Peak.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waterworks Museum”. Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.