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Publisher
Human & Rousseau
Language
English
Pages
162

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Subjects
Railroads
Places
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

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First Sentence

"At first sight a book about railways might appear to hold little of interest to anyone other than a railway enthusiast - but such first sight could not be more wrong."

Table of Contents

Introduction Page 7
1. From the ox to the iron horse Page 11
2. The first railway Page 15
3. How they brought the line to Wynberg Page 33
4. The Namaqualand copper line Page 41
5. The Cape Government Railways Page 49
6. Wellington to De Aar Page 52
7. The Midland line Page 64
8. The Eastern line Page 79
9. Kimberley at last Page 91
10. Wynberg to Simon's Town Page 97
11. The Sea Point railway Page 107
12. Cape Central Railways Page 114
13. The Caledon line Page 121
14. Narrow-gauge lines Page 126
The Avontuur railway Page 126
Kalbaskraal to Hopefield Page 131
The "coffee-pot" railway Page 133
15. The railway war Page 136
16. The war and the railway Page 141
17. End of the Cape Government Railways Page 151
Bibliography Page 156
Index Page 159

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 156.
Includes index.

Published in
Cape Town

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
385/.09687
Library of Congress
TF119.S6 B87 1984

The Physical Object

Pagination
162 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
162

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2617039M
ISBN 10
0798117605
LCCN
85182468
OCLC/WorldCat
12751449
Library Thing
6564630
Goodreads
3687419

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