Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Swartberg Pass Prince Albert district, Western Cape Thomas Charles John BAIN: Engineer

Date: 1878-1888 Client: South African Roads Type: Mountain Pass Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°22'01.68" S 22°05'40.18" E Alt: 1025m

The last of Thomas Bain's pass constructions, of which his contemporary William Grier, Chief Inspector of Roads in the Cape Province said ''... A work of bold conception ..., a heavy and difficult task to carry out and one which reflects great credit on Mr Bain for the ingenious manner in which he over-came the physical difficulties he met with.'' In its years of operation, although it summits at 1 583 m, it has only been closed for some few days because of snow. Books that reference Swartberg Pass Coyne, Patrick. 2010. A guide to South Africa's mountain passes and poorts. Westville: Osborne Porter Literary Services. pg 144-147 Murray, Tony . 2015. Megastructures and masterminds : great feats of civil engineering in southern Africa. Cape Town: Tafelberg. pg 106-111 Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1974. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 10 Sle-Tun. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 369 Ross, Graham. 2002. The romance of Cape mountain passes. Cape Town: David Philip. pg 93, 131-135 Storrar, Patricia. 1984. A colossus of roads. Cape Town: Murray & Roberts / Concor. pg pp 59, 61, 81, 91, 93, 94, 96-97, 102. Whitehead, Marion . 2018. South Africa's Favourite Passes + Poorts. Maitland: Map Studio. pg 118-127