Windsor Dam | |
Name Official: | Windsor Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Klip River |
Location: | Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal |
Opening: | 1949[1] |
Coordinates: | -28.502°N 29.738°W |
Location Map: | South Africa |
Windsor Dam was originally built to control flooding of Ladysmith, in KwaZulu-Natal by the Klip River, but silt buildup quickly reduced its efficiency. The Windsor Dam was commissioned in 1950, has a capacity of, and a surface area of, the dam wall is high.
The Qedusizi Dam further downstream in the Klip River was completed in 1997 to take over the task of flood management.[2]