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Date: 1880 Type: Smoke Stack Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 29°35'54.31" S 17°52'59.36" E Alt: 929m

This old smoke stack, which dates from 1880, was erected by the then Cape Copper Company to provide energy to the nearby pumping engine so as to pump water from the mine shafts. In 1952 it was declared a monument in memory of the pioneer copper miners in Namaqualand. 10/2/1194. See SAHRIS register.