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Groot River Pass Nature's Valley district, Western Cape Thomas Charles John BAIN: Engineer

Date: 1869-1883 Client: South African Roads Type: Mountain Pass Status: Extant

The westernmost gorge on the Tsitsikama Road where Bain erected a convict station to cut the 220m descent and re-ascent. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Coyne, Patrick. 2010. A guide to South Africa's mountain passes and poorts. Westville: Osborne Porter Literary Services. pg 123-124 Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1972. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 5 For-Hun. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 371 Ross, Graham. 2002. The romance of Cape mountain passes. Cape Town: David Philip. pg 118-119 Storrar, Patricia. 1984. A colossus of roads. Cape Town: Murray & Roberts / Concor. pg 11, 81, 86, 90