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- Michell's Pass is a mountain pass in the Western Cape province of South Africa which approaches the town of Ceres from the south-west, connecting it to Tulbagh, Worcester and the Breede River Valley. The pass is traversed by the R46 road and the Ceres branch line railway, which was re-opened for use by the Ceres Rail Company and seasonally by Transnet Freight Rail in terms of an agreement between the Ceres Rail Company and Transnet in 2012. From its western entrance near Wolseley the pass ascends 190 metres (620 ft) to the summit at an elevation of 490 metres (1,610 ft), before descending a short distance into Ceres. The road pass was planned by Charles Collier Michell, Surveyor-General of the Cape of Good Hope, for whom it was named. The pass was constructed in 1848 by Andrew Geddes Bain. In 1938, the road was widened and paved. A 10 miles 29 chains (16.7 kilometres) railway branchline from Wolseley through the pass to Ceres was constructed from 1910 and opened to traffic on 20 May 1912. The north portal of a tunnel at the top of the railway pass is situated near the road and railway entrances to the town. The 6 miles 25 chains (10.2 kilometres) extension of the railway line from Ceres to Prince Alfred Hamlet was only opened to traffic seventeen years later, on 10 April 1929. (en)
- La passe de Michell est une voie de passage à travers une gorge dans la province du Cap-Occidental en Afrique du Sud qui relie les villes de Ceres, de Tulbagh, de Worcester et de Breede Valley. (fr)
- De Michellspas is een bergpas over de in de provincie West-Kaap van Zuid-Afrika. De pas verbindt het dal van het en de stad Ceres enerzijds met het Land van Waveren anderzijds, waarin Tulbagh ligt en verder met Kaapstad en het . (nl)
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- Western Cape, South Africa (en)
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- Michell's Pass Toll House 1848.jpg (en)
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- Former toll house on Michell's Pass (en)
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- La passe de Michell est une voie de passage à travers une gorge dans la province du Cap-Occidental en Afrique du Sud qui relie les villes de Ceres, de Tulbagh, de Worcester et de Breede Valley. (fr)
- De Michellspas is een bergpas over de in de provincie West-Kaap van Zuid-Afrika. De pas verbindt het dal van het en de stad Ceres enerzijds met het Land van Waveren anderzijds, waarin Tulbagh ligt en verder met Kaapstad en het . (nl)
- Michell's Pass is a mountain pass in the Western Cape province of South Africa which approaches the town of Ceres from the south-west, connecting it to Tulbagh, Worcester and the Breede River Valley. The pass is traversed by the R46 road and the Ceres branch line railway, which was re-opened for use by the Ceres Rail Company and seasonally by Transnet Freight Rail in terms of an agreement between the Ceres Rail Company and Transnet in 2012. From its western entrance near Wolseley the pass ascends 190 metres (620 ft) to the summit at an elevation of 490 metres (1,610 ft), before descending a short distance into Ceres. (en)
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- Passe de Michell (fr)
- Michell's Pass (en)
- Michellspas (nl)
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