Company's Garden
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The Company's Garden is the oldest garden in South Africa, a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town. The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape. It is watered from the Molteno Dam, which uses water from the springs on the lower slopes of Table Mountain.
Company's Garden
Walking in the Company's Garden
Squirrel in the Company's Garden
Image: Cecil John Rhodes Statue Companys Garden CT
Molteno Dam
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Molteno Dam is a small but historic dam, on the lower slopes of Table Mountain in Western Cape, South Africa. Still in service, it was established in 1877 and is now located in the suburb of Oranjezicht, Cape Town.
An aerial photograph of the Molteno Dam in Oranjezicht, Cape Town.
A photo of Molteno Dam soon after construction, with Lions Head in the background. The white building behind the dam is the Graaff Electric Lighting Works, Cape Town's first power plant.
A 19th Century sketch of the dam's construction - a formidable engineering challenge for the early Cape.
Oranjezicht From the summit of Table Mountain, with Molteno Dam in the foreground