7th Precinct: LOWER WASH HOUSE - Reclaim Camissa - Citizen Project (sitios de interés)
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THE PLATTEKLIP WASH HOUSES
Cape tradition was that the slaves took the population’s laundry to Platteklip. As a result of the pollution caused to the stream by the washing of the linen, two large wash houses were erected with 70 cement wash tubs and proper ironing facilities (flat irons, heated over live coals) at a cost of £2 000, for which the women paid 3d/day to wash there.
Later, the authorities built a wash house in Hanover Street (District Six), although the women continued to toil up to the ‘wasplaas’. In 1954, the municipal authorities closed down the wash houses, which today serve as a depot for the Waterworks Department of the City of Cape Town. Most recently, SANPARKS resurrected the upper wash houses to provide accommodation to eco-tourists on the Hoerrikwagga trail.
This, the Lower Wash House - used for storage, is inaccessible to the public....
have a peek. (c) RECLAIM CAMISSA
Cape tradition was that the slaves took the population’s laundry to Platteklip. As a result of the pollution caused to the stream by the washing of the linen, two large wash houses were erected with 70 cement wash tubs and proper ironing facilities (flat irons, heated over live coals) at a cost of £2 000, for which the women paid 3d/day to wash there.
Later, the authorities built a wash house in Hanover Street (District Six), although the women continued to toil up to the ‘wasplaas’. In 1954, the municipal authorities closed down the wash houses, which today serve as a depot for the Waterworks Department of the City of Cape Town. Most recently, SANPARKS resurrected the upper wash houses to provide accommodation to eco-tourists on the Hoerrikwagga trail.
This, the Lower Wash House - used for storage, is inaccessible to the public....
have a peek. (c) RECLAIM CAMISSA