THE ROMANCE OF CAPE MOUNTAIN PASSES

xv, 224 pages: illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps (chiefly colour). Illustrated hard boards. 

Published to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 1903-2003.                     

There are more than 490 mountain passes in the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape, in areas of spectacular natural scenery. Many are over a century old, and the product of considerable engineering feats. They give access to communities, providing ways through and over natural barriers. The book highlights approximately 50 of the best known passes.