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Events
- September
- 8 – The first railway locomotive in South Africa is brought ashore in Cape Town.[1]:11–15, 18, 23
Births
- 11 January – John Tengo Jabavu, political activist and newspaper editor.
- 1 May – Willem Johannes Leyds, attorney-general of the South African Republic, is born in Java.
Railways
Railway lines
- Construction begins on the Cape Town-Wellington line.[2]
Locomotives
- 8 September – A small 0-4-0 tank steam locomotive is landed in Cape Town, to be used during construction of the first railway in South Africa.[1]:11–15, 18, 23
References
- 1 2 Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
- ↑ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978.
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