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| | Houw Hoek Pass reconstruction Botrivier district, Western Cape Andrew Geddes BAIN: Engineer
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Date: | 1846 | Client: | South African Roads | Type: | Mountain Pass | |
Status: | Extant |
| | First constructed by MICHELL in 1831 under instruction to keep the costs to a minimum the pass did not last so rebuilt by Bain. One of the danger areas, later eliminated in the early C20 when a railway line was pushed through the kloof was called the Higgledy Piggledy or Poespas Pass.
Books that reference Houw Hoek Pass reconstruction Coyne, Patrick. 2010. A guide to South Africa's mountain passes and poorts. Westville: Osborne Porter Literary Services. pg 62-63 | Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1972. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 5 For-Hun. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 612 | Ross, Graham. 2002. The romance of Cape mountain passes. Cape Town: David Philip. pg 78-80 | Whitehead, Marion . 2018. South Africa's Favourite Passes + Poorts. Maitland: Map Studio. pg 68-69, 71, 80 |
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