Rock collapse at Black Watch Pass
Created: Aug 12, 2015 08:00 AM
Photographs by Akil SimmonsRock collapse: Limestone rubble lies in Black Watch Pass, Pembroke after part of the cliff face gave way. According to a resident who walks the route daily, the collapse likely occurred some time on Sunday
A hail of limestone chunks has collapsed from the walls of Black Watch Pass onto the pavement.
“If it would have hit somebody they would have been killed, I am sure,” area resident Gene Ray told The Royal Gazette. “A lot of it piled up there with some big rocks.”
Mr Ray said he walks down the narrow road every right for his evening stroll, estimating the fall happened some time on Sunday.
He discovered the collapse just north of the arch that carries the driveway up to Government House.
The cliffs up the side of Black Watch Pass show the test of time: excavation began in the 1920s to create Pass, linking Marsh Folly Road with North Shore Road.
The roadway opened in 1934.
