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Maden Dam Collection

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Title: Maden Dam Collection
Alternative Title: Maden Dam Photographic & Documentary Archive
Description: The Maden Dam Collection is a historical photographic and documentary archive that documents the planning, construction, and early years of the Maden Dam, located near King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The set comprises approximately 30 digitised items, primarily photographs and related textual materials, depicting workers on the dam wall, machinery and construction scenes, officials and civic leaders inspecting the project, and ceremonial moments, such as the dam’s opening ceremonies in 1910.

Maden Dam, constructed on the Buffalo River, was completed and officially opened in 1910 as part of the Pirie Waterworks Scheme to improve the water supply for King William’s Town and surrounding areas. The collection contains visual evidence of the civic involvement, engineering practices, and local community engagement surrounding this key piece of early-20th-century regional infrastructure.
Date Issued: ca. 1906–1910
Language: English
Type: Collection; Archival photograph collection; Historical infrastructure documentation
Genre: Documentary photographs; Civil engineering history
Place: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Maden Dam (South Africa); Buffalo River (Eastern Cape, South Africa); Civil engineering; Water supply infrastructure; King William’s Town -- History; Pirie Waterworks Scheme
Format: Digital images (photographs, scans); Textual notes/plans
Spatial Coverage: Maden Dam; Buffalo River; King William’s Town (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Temporal Coverage: Early 20th century (c. 1906–1910)

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