Andrew Geddes Bain
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Andrew Geddes Bain was a Scottish-born explorer, geologist, engineer, and palaeontologist who lived and worked in the Cape Colony. Widely regarded as the “father of South African geology,” Bain constr
Andrew Geddes Bain
Bainskloof Pass
Bainskloof Pass
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Bainskloof Pass is a mountain pass on the R301 regional road between Wellington and Ceres in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The 18-kilometer pass, opened in 1854, was constructed by road e
Andrew Geddes Bain
…Cape Colony. Widely regarded as the “father of South African geology,” Bain constructed many of the region's most important mountain passes—including Bain's Kloof Pass—and produced the first comprehensive geological map of South Africa in 1852. His son, Thomas Charles John Bain, later followed as a distinguished road…
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Bainskloof pass
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