Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3418AC314
Site Name
Old Toll Gate Plaque, St George's Street, Simon's Town
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Saturday, March 20, 2021 - 00:27
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Saturday, March 20, 2021 - 00:27.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Because this tall gate has been expanded to a tall house
Original Position
Yes
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Construction Date Comment
1811
Construction Materials
Stone
Pedestal Material
Foreground
Event Commemorated
The Toll Gate.
Inscriptions
The toll gate was established here on 15 December 1815. The gate extended from this point to the Toll House, which stood on the opposite half of the present road. Thus with all toll gate in the Cape Tiwn Peninsula was abolished on 15th August 1901,and the Toll House was demolished at the end of 1904. Refer to the images.
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.189421, 18.425919
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Directions to Site
It's in the corner between Voortrekker Street and Namakwa Street Springbok in Northen Cape.
Access details
Public
Media
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