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2 unusual facts about Roodezand Pass


Roodezand Pass

The redoubtable pass builder, Thomas Bain, reconnoitred the kloof in 1855 and suggested a new route along the western side or left bank of the Klein Berg River, a recommendation which was followed in 1859 and 1860, and was to carry traffic for the next hundred years.

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Roodezand Pass was constructed to allow access eastward from Cape Town across the Obiqua Mountains into the valley where the present-day town of Tulbagh is located.



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