Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Orange-Fish Tunnel Colesberg, Northern Cape WILLIAM HALCROW and PARTNERS: Engineer KEEVE STEYN and PARTNERS: Engineer

Date: 1965-1975 Type: Tunnel Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 30°41'31.08" S 25°45'52.88" E Alt: 1276m

This 82.5km tunnel carries water from Oviston at the Gariep Dam to the Fish River valley with the outlet at Teebus about 23km south west of Steynsburg (See Map). It is the fifth longest tunnel in the world (Wikipedia) with a diameter of 5.35m and a fall of 77m. It is part of the Orange River Project which was the brainchild of Dr AD Lewis who, as Secretary of Water Affairs, launched the idea in 1928. See also Structurae 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 Orange-Fish Tunnel Olivier, Henry. c1976. Great Dams in Southern Africa. Cape Town, Johannesburg, London, New York: Purnell & Sons. pg 163-168