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Woodhead Dam
Woodhead Dam
Woodhead Dam is located in Cape Town
Woodhead Dam
Location of Woodhead Dam in Cape Town
LocationTable Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa
Coordinates33°58′35″S 18°24′08″E / 33.97639°S 18.40222°E / -33.97639; 18.40222
Construction began1894
Opening date1897
Owner(s)Cape Town Municipality
Dam and spillways
Type of damMasonry gravity dam
ImpoundsDisa Stream
Height50 m (164 ft)
Length277 m (909 ft)[1]
Spillway typeFree overspill
Spillway capacity20 m3/s (706 ft3/s)
Reservoir
CreatesWoodhead Reservoir
Total capacity927,000 m3 (32,737,000 cu ft)
Surface area13 ha (32 acres)

Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town. The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.[2]

  1. ^ "South African Large Dams". South African Large Dams-1-2009 v3.0.xls. SANCOLD. January 2009. Archived from the original (zip) on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Led by ASCE President, Delegation Visits S. Africa To Honor Dam as Civil Engineering Landmark". ASCE International Page. American Society of Civil Engineers. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2010.

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