Date contructed:
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Approximately 23 km from
Harrismith on the R74. Original height 68 m. Raised in 1980 to its
current height of 93m with a crest length of 3 060m.
| Sterkfontein Dam: Free State |
| W Cape | E Cape | N Cape | Gauteng | KZN | Mpumalanga | Free State | Northwest | Limpopo |
| Sterkfontein Dam | Max. capacity : 2 656 million m3 | |||||
| Nuwefaarspruit/Wilge River/ Vaal River | Lat: | Long: | ||||
| Type of wall: | Earthfill Embankment |
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Commissioned: 1977 | |||
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Approximately 23 km from
Harrismith on the R74. Original height 68 m. Raised in 1980 to its
current height of 93m with a crest length of 3 060m. |
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| Department of Water Affairs and Forestry - Sterkfontein Dam |
