Durban Harbour's Congella

Durban Harbour's Congella

Natal Harbours Department engine Congella, c. 1902
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Hudswell, Clarke and Co.
Builder Hudswell, Clarke and Co.
Serial number 605
Build date 1902
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-0ST (Four-coupled)
Driver 2nd coupled axle
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Coupled dia. 33 12 in (851 mm)
Wheelbase 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Length:
  Over couplers 20 ft 5 in (6,223 mm)
  Over beams 17 ft 11 in (5,461 mm)
Height 9 ft 10 14 in (3,004 mm)
Adhesive weight 12 LT 8 cwt (12,600 kg)
Loco weight 12 LT 8 cwt (12,600 kg)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 10 long hundredweight (0.5 t)
Water cap 390 imp gal (1,770 l)
Firebox type Round-top
  Firegrate area 5.6 sq ft (0.52 m2)
Boiler:
  Pitch 4 ft 9 34 in (1,467 mm)
  Small tubes 58: 2 in (51 mm)
Boiler pressure 160 psi (1,103 kPa)
Safety valve Ramsbottom
Heating surface 287.66 sq ft (26.724 m2)
  Tubes 254.44 sq ft (23.638 m2)
  Firebox 33.22 sq ft (3.086 m2)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 10 in (254 mm) bore
16 in (406 mm) stroke
Valve gear Stephenson
Couplers Johnston link-and-pin
Performance figures
Tractive effort 5,731 lbf (25.49 kN) @ 75%
Career
Operators Harbours Department of Natal
Number in class 1
Official name Congella
Delivered 1902
First run 1902

Durban Harbour's Congella of 1902 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.

In 1902, the Harbours Department of the Natal Government placed a single 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive named Congella in service as dock shunting engine in Durban Harbour.[1]

Port Advisory Board

In 1898, a Port Advisory Board was established in Durban, consisting of seven members who represented the Colonial Government as well as commercial and municipal entities. The board was responsible for the management, control, improvement, development and maintenance of the facilities at Durban Harbour.[1]

Railway operations in the harbour became the responsibility of the Harbours Department of the Government of Natal.[2]

Manufacturer

In 1902, the Natal Harbours Department placed a single 0-4-0ST locomotive in service at Durban Harbour. It was built by Hudswell, Clarke and Company of Leeds and was not numbered, but named Congella.[1]

Service

The fate of the locomotive is not known. The engine Congella was no longer in service at the harbour when the South African Railways and Harbours classification and renumbering scheme was executed in 1912.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 115, 129. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  2. Harbours Department of the Government of Natal
  3. Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Pretoria, January 1912. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
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