Orange-Fish River Tunnel, South Africa - 1972

Produced by the National Film Board of the Republic of South Africa - 1972.
This film looks at how to build concrete lined tunnels using the Orange-Fish tunnel as an example.
The construction of the Orange-Fish Tunnel made possible the irrigation of thousands of hectares of additional land in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, diverting water from the Orange River to the Great Fish River.
With a length of 83 km, the 5,35m diameter tunnel was the longest continuous enclosed aqueduct in the southern hemisphere and the second-longest water supply tunnel in the world.
It was engineered in association with Messrs Keeve Steyn and Partners of Johannesburg for the Water Affairs Department of the South African Government.
Former Halcrow senior partner, Sir Alan Muir Wood, the "father of modern tunnelling" worked on many of the world's leading tunnel projects, including the Orange-Fish Tunnel.
Interesting fact:
The Orange River was named by Robert Jacob Gordon after the Dutch Royal House.

[@gpj6321]

Unbelievable the government was capable of such a huge project 50 years ago. Now we can barely build a new clinic!! Sad

[@domkraggp9944]

How true !!!!

[@domkraggp9944]

The government couldn't even chop a tree if they were tasked to

[@moosesnWoop]

wtf are you talking about? We literally built new stadiums for the world cup..

[@aaronrathbone6693]

@@moosesnWoop you clearly don't use your eyes or anything else ... all stadiums were built by construction companies NOT THE STATE ... Concor and WBHO completed the project at a cost of R4. 4billion - or approximately US$600million. The project architects were an association between GMP Architects of Germany and two local firms, Louis Karol and Associates and Point Architects.

[@aaronrathbone6693]

@@moosesnWoop Concor .. is formerly Murry and Robert's construction ...

[@vanzyli]

Ongelooflik om te dink dat hierdie ingenieurswerke in die sestigerjare reeds uitgevoer is. Ek dink dit is tyd om so iets te doen vir Kaapstad en omgewing. Hierdie laaste droogte het ons omtrent uitgeroei.

[@ronaldreagan8249]

GOOD FILM TAKES ME BACK . [THIS IS WHAT WHITE PRIVILEGE REALLY LOOKS LIKE BRAINS & ORGANIZATION ]

[@carlomaletta8642]

Io ero li

[@trevormoses5061]

The National Film Board still exists today as the National Film Archives in Pretoria.

[@TheSpottedChicken]

Interesting snippet - thanks.

[@Deontjie]

Show this to the current water board. If you can find them.

[@gerhardlesch3615]

They cannot understand that they are too stupid with corruption part of their culture.

[@jamescox9869]

A great video which could be enhanced by adding text to label the different structures.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

The difference with current South Africa will be that today they will run out of Oranges, Fishes and be forced to live in tunnels.

[@lovejesus2644]

Probably cost One million a metre after all bribes are paid.These guys should have built Khusile power station