Editing Rondebosch (section)

==== Rondebosch Fountain ====
[[File:The_Fountain_Rondebosch_by_TD_Ravenscroft.png|thumb|A street scene of Main Road Rondebosch in 1900.  The recently installed Rondebosch Fountain can be seen to the left in the foreground.]]
{{Main|Rondebosch Fountain}}
The historic centre of Rondebosch is the Main Road, with the Victorian cast iron [[Rondebosch Fountain]] being a historic landmark. Originally known as the Moodie Fountain, it was one of South Africa's first electric streetlights.  It was built by the [[Saracen Foundry]] in Glasgow and presented to the community by George Moodie as a gift in 1891.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahra.org.za/sahris/sites/921110036|title=9/2/111/0036 {{!}} SAHRA|website=www.sahra.org.za|access-date=2018-12-22|archive-date=2018-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222174553/https://www.sahra.org.za/sahris/sites/921110036|url-status=dead}}</ref> The lamp was first turned on, on 25 April 1892 and was initially powered by Moodie's private power plant until a municipal power plant on the Liesbeeck River was completed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://heritage.eskom.co.za/electricity_in_south_africa.htm|title=Eskom Heritage: FIRST CENTRAL POWER STATION - 1891|website=Eskom|access-date=21 December 2018|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231134905/http://heritage.eskom.co.za/electricity_in_south_africa.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fountain was destroyed in a road accident in 2015<ref>{{cite web |date=24 August 2018 |title=Project to reproduce landmark Rondebosch fountain almost complete |url=http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/316692/in-pics-project-to-reproduce-landmark-rondebosch-fountain-almost-complete |publisher=CapeTalk}}</ref> and rebuilt in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FORD |first=WESLEY |date=2020-10-01 |title=Rondebosch fountain restored |url=https://www.southernsuburbstatler.co.za/news/rondebosch-fountain-restored |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Southern Suburbs Tatler |language=en-ZA}}</ref>