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Date: 1941 Type: Filtration Works Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°10'29.59" S 18°50'58.70" E Alt: 289m

Built during the Second World War under considerable difficulties owing to the war-time shortage of labour. (See Shorten, 1963: 400-401). Filtration plants were erected to solve the problem of pipe corrosion wrought by the Cape's natural water supplies, and the Steenbras Reservoir Filtration Plant was the third such installation, and by far the most expensive then, built at a cost of 258 898 pounds (R517 796) at the time (see Shorten, 1963: 340-341). Books that reference Steenbras Dam Filtration Plant Shorten, John R. 1963. Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: JR Shorten in association with Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 336 ill; 340-341; 401 ill