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Roodezand Pass (also Roodesand, Tulbagh Kloof, Nuwekloof) Tulbagh district, Western Cape Thomas Charles John BAIN: Engineer

Date: 1859-1860 Client: South African Roads Type: Mountain Pass Status: Extant

Surveyed by Thomas Bain in 1855, re-aligning the route to follow the banks of the Klein Berg River, thereby cutting out two drifts across the river which had previously caused traffic delays and frustration. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference Roodezand Pass (also Roodesand, Tulbagh Kloof, Nuwekloof) Mossop, Dr E. E. . 1927. Old Cape Highways. Cape Town: Maskew Miller. pg Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1973. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 9 Pop-Sla. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 402 Ross, Graham. 2002. The romance of Cape mountain passes. Cape Town: David Philip. pg 1-5 Storrar, Patricia. 1984. A colossus of roads. Cape Town: Murray & Roberts / Concor. pg 41, 56, 71, 76, 77