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survey make it likely it was a Delbridge operation. A similar transport system was used to move
stone at their Elsie’s Peak quarry above Fish Hoek.
The KB-MM closed quarries above Kalk Bay for fear of rock falls. This was quite justified after a
5-ton boulder rolled from the quarry near the waterfall on today’s Boyes Drive. It bounced all the
way down Belmont Road – ending in the Main Road. Miraculously, no one was injured.
Despite the official closure of the Quarry Road quarry it was still being used until at least the
1930s. A recent Google earth picture clearly shows that, 100 years on, the track of the trolley is
still not fully overgrown. (Fig. 3.2).
Some notable property owners in Quarry Road were the Hare brothers William and Vincent.
Behr Road
Behr Road is next along from Quarry Road and again it’s clear that it’s named after George
Coenraad Behr. The Behrs were a very well-known Kalk Bay family in their day. (Fig. 3.3).
George Behr was born in 1846 and, operating as George Behr and Company, he was a well-known
auctioneer in Cape Town with 10 children. He was mayor of Woodstock 1897 - 1901 and died at
his home there in 1902 at the age of 56.
Like many successful men from ‘up the line’ he bought a cottage on a small-holding in Kalk Bay
in 1897. It was a big piece of ground – about 8,000 sq.m. (2 acres). He cultivated a beautiful garden
running down to the Main Road.
The property with buildings, garden and hedges can be seen in the section of the 1915 Attridge
plan. (Fig. 3.4). Subsequently this large lot was sub-divided, Behr Road itself was laid out and lots
were sold off. The Behr family owned properties here for many years.
In 1901 George Behr was elected as a Kalk Bay Municipal Councilor and so would have played a
significant role in the village in the early years.
A 2023 picture of the neatly cobbled road is very different to how it was described 100 years ago.
(Fig. 3.5). In 1923 there was a petition to the Council and several letters including one from
William G. Hare who made no bones about his views:
