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Date: 1848-1852 Type: Mountain Pass Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°34'48.30" S 19°08'05.74" E Alt: 351m

Transcription of National Monuments Council plaque: BAIN'S KLOOF PASS ANDREW GEDDES BAIN EXPLORED THE KLOOF IN 1846 AND COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HIGHWAY TO THE NORTH IN 1849. THE PASS REVEALS BAIN'S TECHNOLOGICAL SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE OF GEOLOGY. WORK WAS DONE BY CONVICTS. CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED IN 1853. National Monuments Council BAINSKLOOFPAS ANDREW GEDDES BAIN HET DIE KLOOF IN 1846 VERKEN EN IN 1849 MET DIE BOU VAN HIERDIE HOOFWEG NA DIE NOORDE BEGIN. DIE PAS GETUIG VAN BAIN SE TEGNOLOGIESE VAARDIGHEID EN KENNIS VAN GEOLOGIE. BANDIETE HET DIE ARBEID VERRIG. DIE WERK IS IN 1853 VOLTOOI. Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede 1981 Read an article about Bain by Tony Murray, June 24, 2022 on The Heritage Portal. See also Wikipedia. Books that reference Bain's Kloof Pass Coyne, Patrick. 2010. A guide to South Africa's mountain passes and poorts. Westville: Osborne Porter Literary Services. pg 3-5 Mossop, Dr E. E. . 1927. Old Cape Highways. Cape Town: Maskew Miller. pg Murray, Tony . 2015. Megastructures and masterminds : great feats of civil engineering in southern Africa. Cape Town: Tafelberg. pg 66-74 Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1970. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 2 Bad-Cal. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 10 Ross, Graham. 2002. The romance of Cape mountain passes. Cape Town: David Philip. pg 81-88 Storrar, Patricia. 1984. A colossus of roads. Cape Town: Murray & Roberts / Concor. pg 20, 28, 31-35 passim, 32, 37, 39, 41, 47, 52, 57, 84 Whitehead, Marion . 2018. South Africa's Favourite Passes + Poorts. Maitland: Map Studio. pg 46-55