1924 in South Africa

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1924 in South Africa
1921 1922 1923 « 1924 » 1925 1926 1927

List of years in South Africa

Events

January
March
June
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

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Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 16 April – Free State – Wepener to Zastron, 46 miles 62 chains (75.3 kilometres).[1]
  • 19 April – Cape – Klipdale to Bredasdorp, 25 miles 36 chains (41.0 kilometres).[1]
  • 1 May – Transvaal – Balfour North to Grootvlei, 11 miles 30 chains (18.3 kilometres).[1]
  • 16 June – Cape – Pinelands to Langa, 2 miles 51 chains (4.2 kilometres).[1]
  • 24 July – Free State – Heilbron to Petrus Steyn, 31 miles 6 chains (50.0 kilometres).[1]
  • 10 September – Transvaal – Lydenburg to Steelpoort, 74 miles 40 chains (119.9 kilometres).[1]
  • 19 September – South West Africa – Gobabis Junction in Windhoek to Ondekaremba, 29 miles 70 chains (48.1 kilometres).[1]
  • 22 September – Transvaal – Naboomspruit to Singlewood, 20 miles 47 chains (33.1 kilometres).[1]
  • 3 November – Cape – Franklin to Kokstad, 25 miles 54 chains (41.3 kilometres).[1]
  • 4 November – Cape – Franklin to Matatiele, 47 miles 76 chains (77.2 kilometres).[1]
  • 14 November – Cape – Oudtshoorn to Calitzdorp, 35 miles 20 chains (56.7 kilometres).[1]
  • 15 December – Cape – Touws River to Kareevlakte, 41 miles 59 chains (67.2 kilometres).[1]
  • 15 December – Transvaal – Hercules to Schoemansville, 17 miles 64 chains (28.6 kilometres).[1]

Locomotives

Three new Cape gauge locomotive types, two steam and one electric, enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13
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