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Description
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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.
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Type
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Collection
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Archival photograph collection
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Historical infrastructure documentation
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Format
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Digital images (photographs, scans)
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Textual notes/plans
