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Kloof Nek Road, one of South Africa's oldest roads, was built in 1848 as an access road for the suburban pass with the same name which was used primarily as a look-out post for soldiers and a supply route to Camps Bay. The route starts at Kloof Street on the edge of the city bowl and turns into Camps Bay Road at the end of a mountain pass ...
The further subdivisions and sale of portions of Richmond Farm No. 999 by the Field heirs after 1901 resulted in the birth of Kloof as a residential area: numerous plots were sold to wealthy Durban residents and businessmen, who built country house retreats close to the city, but (due to its 550 m above sea level elevation) removed from the Durban humidity and heat.
From the mid-1800s to the 1960s, Constantia remained a rural area of wine estates in which Hottentot, Cape Malay, San and coloured residents constituted the majority. They were farmers, farm workers, domestics and fruit and flower sellers and lived in the areas of Strawberry Lane, Sillery Road, Spaanschemat River Road and Ladies Mile Road. [8]
The kloof was given its name by Isaq Schrijver in 1689, and more thoroughly explored by a later expedition under ensign August Frederik Beutler in 1752. [ 1 ] The valley has been farmed since 1760 and developed into an important fruit-growing region during the 1900s, [ 2 ] specifically prized for its apples and pears.
The area borders on the Kloof Gorge which forms part of the Krantzkloof Nature Reserve, and is situated in between Kloof and Waterfall which is also about 7 km from Hillcrest. Forest Hills is referred to as being part of the Kloof area as they are both situated on opposite sides of the Kloof Gorge, as a result the areas are joined by one road ...
The main thoroughfare is Kloof Street, known for its fashion stores, second-hand furniture stores, restaurants and art galleries. [4] It also houses Leeuwenhof estate, the official residence of the Premier of the Western Cape .
4 Squadron SAAF was a South African Air Force unit which served during World War II.. It was resurrected in 1951 and remained active until 1958. Its final period of active service was from 1961 to 1991.
State Route 105 (SR 105) is an east–west state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 75 in Bowling Green that doubles as the southern terminus of State Route 64 , and its eastern terminus is at State Route 19 in Oak Harbor .