Here is a little bit of info on the tunnel as I could find on Baviaans.net.
William Philip, son of Dr John Philip head of the London Missionary Society in South Africa, studied surveying in Cape Town from 1834 to 1836. Later he trained as a missionary in Britain and in 1841 he returned to the mission station at Hankey.
At the time Hankey was experiencing a serious water shortage, Philip therefore examined the site and discovered that he could lead water out of the Gamtoos River onto the settlement's farm-lands. This would, however, involve the construction of a tunnel through the cliff which, for those times, was a formidable undertaking.
Philip and his Hottentot labourers started digging in 1843 and within little more than a year they had completed a tunnel of 228m long.
This tunnel has been declared a national monument and the commemoration plaque was unveiled on the same day as the opening of the Kouga Dam. The tunnel is no longer in use.
and 2 pics of me and Neville playing with my Camera and Multi exposure flash techniques.
3 comments:
Hi there,
I just spent 2 weeks in the Eastern Cape. Wish I read this before I got back to Gauteng. I'd love to have checked it out.
Cheers,
Mark Penrith
Mark
Thanks for your comments.
We are hoping to go back there later in the year. This time the plan is to head in with torches , water and of course my camera.
Will then take some more pics and post them.
Hanno
Now that is real hands-on ministry! Something that made a difference to the lives of people
ps. The ironically the word verification is politi - the word that we use to describe the study of our rules and regulations, our laws and discipline - something that often stands in the way of real ministry
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