The Woodhead Dam Museum is located across the Hely Hutchinson Dam on Table Mountain. Visitors will get a chance to explore the Woodhead Dam’s history, its intricate construction process and its past role in Cape Town’s primary water sources.
The City of Cape Town invites visitors to the City’s water and sanitation directorate’s Woodhead Dam Museum as part of its celebration of International Museum Month.
It provides a rich history of the 127-year-old Woodhead Dam with displays of specialised equipment such as the steam train, hand tools, instruments, and flow measuring devices used during the dam’s construction.Five dams are located in the area, including Woodhead, Hely Hutchinson, Alexandra, De Villiers, and Victoria. Each one plays a crucial role in water supply to Kloof Nek and the Constantia Kloof water treatment plants.
‘The Woodhead Dam Museum showcases an important part of the City’s water history. We encourage residents and visitors to Cape Town to explore the Woodhead Dam Museum when visiting Table Mountain,’ says Zahid Badroodien, the City’s Mayco member for water and sanitation.
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