1876 in South Africa
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Contents
Events
- January
- February
- 5 – The ship Memento sinks off East London and two 2nd Class 2-6-2TT locomotives intended for the Eastern System of the Cape Government Railways are lost.[1]
- March
- 27 – The Cape Times, the first daily newspaper in South Africa, begins in Cape Town, Cape Colony
- June
- July
- Construction begins on the Cape Town Central Station as hub to the Cape Government Railways.
- Unknown date
- A Dutch Reformed Church is built at what is now the town of Amersfoort in Mpumalanga Province.
- Prime Minister Molteno travels as plenipotentiary to London to discuss Britain's proposed confederation model for southern Africa.
- The "Molteno Unification Plan" is put forward as an alternative model for eventual political consolidation in southern Africa.[2]
- Isigidimi Sama Xhosa, the first Xhosa-run newspaper, is begun in Lovedale, Cape Colony.
- Britain admits wrongful action in its annexation of Griqualand West.
- President Johannes Brand of the Orange Free State rejects any discussion of Carnarvon's proposed confederation system for Southern Africa.
- The country's first official archives are created when the Cape Government appoints a commission to assemble, sort and index the records of the Cape.[3]
Births
- 9 October – Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer, is born near Boshof, Orange Free State.
- 21 October – Sir Fraser Russell, Governor of Southern Rhodesia. (d. 1952)
Deaths
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Railways
New lines
- Construction begins on the East London-King William's Town line.[4][5]
- In Natal construction begins on the Cape gauge railway line inland from Durban.[4]
Railway lines opened
- 1 January – Namaqualand – Kookfontein to O'okiep, 32 miles (51.5 kilometres).[6]
- 1 April – Cape Midland – Addo to Sand Flats, 22 miles 30 chains (36.0 kilometres).[7]
- 16 June – Cape Western – Ceres Road to Worcester, 24 miles 38 chains (39.4 kilometres).[7]
- 14 September – Cape Western – Bellville to Muldersvlei, 13 miles 37 chains (21.7 kilometres).[7]
- 18 December – Cape Eastern – East London to Breidbach, 38 miles 73 chains (62.6 kilometres).[7]
Locomotives
- Cape
Six new locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):
- The first ten of eighteen 1st Class 2-6-0 Mogul goods locomotives on the Western system.[1][8]:28–29[9]
- A pair of Stephenson’s Patent back-to-back 2-6-0 Mogul type side-tank locomotives on the Cape Midland system.[1][10]:118–121
- The first of eight 2-6-0 Mogul tender locomotives on the Midland system, also designated 1st Class, all later rebuilt to saddle-tank shunting engines.[1][8]:28[10]:118–121
- A single experimental 0-6-6-0 Fairlie locomotive and a pair of 0-6-0 Stephenson’s Patent permanently coupled back-to-back tank locomotives for comparative trials on the Eastern system. The Fairlie is the first articulated locomotive to enter service in South Africa.[8]:25–28, 31–32[11][12][13]
- The first of three 1st Class 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotives with domed boilers on the Eastern System.[1][10]:118–119
- Natal
- In January the Natal Railway Company obtains its third and last 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge locomotive, a side-tank engine named Perseverance.[8]:20–22
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
- ↑ encyclopedia.org/South_Africa
- ↑ http://www.westerncape.gov.za/your_gov/108#searching
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978.
- ↑ Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
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- ↑ Abbott, Rowland A.S. (1970). The Fairlie Locomotive, (1st ed.). South Devon House, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, Newton Abbot. pp. 34, 36-38. ISBN 0 7153 4902 3.
- ↑ What were these, 2-6-0T or 0-6-0T?
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