1893 in South Africa
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Events
- May
- Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Durban.
- Unknown date
- The first Crocidolite (Blue Asbestos) mine is opened near Prieska.
Deaths
- 30 April – Johannes Willem Viljoen, big-game hunter and politician, dies on his farm near Zeerust at the age of 81.
- 9 July – George Christopher Cato, the first mayor of Durban, dies at the age of 79.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 January – Transvaal – Germiston to Pretoria, 35 miles (56.3 kilometres).[1]
- 30 December – Transvaal – Nelspruit to Airlie, 42 miles (67.6 kilometres).[1]
Locomotives
- Cape
- The Cape Government Railways places the first of forty 6th Class 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives in service on its Western and Midland Systems. They will become the Class 6 on the South African Railways in 1912.[2]:44–45, 57[3]:41–44
- Transvaal
- The first of an eventual 175 46 Tonner 0-6-4 tank steam locomotives are placed in service by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. The survivors will become the Class B on the South African Railways in 1912.[2]:113–117, 126[4]:136
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 183, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
- ↑ Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
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