Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC9/NAMM/0066
Inventory Number
2824BB24
Site Name
Vaalhartz Weir Monument, Vaalharts Dam, Magareng Local Municipality
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Monday, March 22, 2021 - 15:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, March 22, 2021 - 15:50.
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Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Is to remember the Great Vaal harts engineers concrete works. During 1930 there was a big depression in South Africa, people were dying of hunger so the government came with the idea to build dams and make jobs available to the people. People started working and got paid 20cent per day.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete
Metal
Pedestal Material
Stone
Concrete
Event Commemorated
Building of Dam/Weir
Unveiled Comment
By the government ( National party) in 1939.
Inscriptions
/Waterwese Dept Water Affairs Uitkeerwal Vaalharts Weir/
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.111435, 24.925611
Northern Cape
- Frances Baard
- Magareng
Directions to Site
From Kimberley/Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe hospital in Dutoitspan road, you head north west on Dutoitspan road, turn right into Lyndhurst road, then turn right into Park road, turn onto Harley road, then turn left into Lodge road, as you approach the Kimberley Girls high you will see the site within your right and it is situated within the neighborhood 2nd house from the street corner
Access details
There is entrance fee. R10 per person and R20 for a car to park inside.
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