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A National Monuments Plaque at the top of Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape, South Africa

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Afrikaans: 'n Nasionale Gedenkwaardigheidsplaket wat uit 1986 dateer, verskaf besonderhede oor die konstruksie van Sir Lowryspas, wat in 1830 voltooi is, en in die huidige Wes-Kaap provinsie van Suid-Afrika geleë is.
Die steil en gevreesde Gantouwpas deur die aangrensende kloof noord hiervandaan was die oorspronklike roete na die Overberg en oostelike binneland. In 1828 het die Goewerneur, Sir Lowry Cole, opdrag aan die landmeter-generaal, Majoor C.C. Michell, gegee om 'n verbeterde pas or die Hottentots-Hollandberge te bou. Soldate en bandiete was by die konstruksie van die pas betrokke wat na die Goewerneur genoem is en wat amptelik op 6 Julie 1830 geopen is.
Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede
1986
English: A National Monuments Plaque, dating from 1986, supplies details about the construction of Sir Lowry's Pass, which was completed in 1830, and is situated in the current Western Cape province of South Africa
SIR LOWRY'S PASS
The precipitous and dreaded Gantouw Pass through the adjoining kloof to the north formed the original route to the Overberg and eastern interior. In 1828 the Governor, Sir Lowry Cole, instructed the Surveyor-general, Major C. C. Michell, to build an improved pass over the Hottentots Holland Mountains. Soldiers and convicts were engaged in the construction of the pass which was named after the Governor and was officially opened on 6 July 1830.
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