1902 in South Africa
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Events
- March
- 7 – The Burghers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
- May
- 4 – Boer General Jan Smuts meets with the British General Herbert Kitchener at Kroonstad.
- 6 – Qulusi-Zulu chief Sokhobobo with a 300 strong impi attacks Field-cornet Potgieter and 70 Boers while sleeping, leaving 56 Boers and 52 Zulus dead in the Holkrantz massacre.
- 31 – The Second Boer War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging at Pretoria.
- December
- Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Durban from Bombay.
- Unknown date
- James Stevenson-Hamilton is appointed the first warden of the Kruger National Park.
Deaths
- 26 March – Cecil John Rhodes, businessman, mining magnate and politician.
- 2 May – Jan Stephanus de Villiers, composer and organist, dies in Paarl, Cape Colony.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Sannaspos, 21 miles 41 chains (34.6 kilometres).[1]
- 18 July – Natal – Tugela to Mhlatuze, 44 miles 22 chains (71.3 kilometres).[1]
- 1 August – Cape Midland – Cookhouse to Somerset East, 19 miles 35 chains (31.3 kilometres).[2]
- 1 August – Cape Midland – Klipplaat to Willowmore, 62 miles (99.8 kilometres).[2]
- 1 August – Cape Western – Sir Lowry's Pass Village to Caledon, 51 miles 75 chains (83.6 kilometres).[2]
- 15 November – Cape Western – Moorreesburg to Eendekuil, 49 miles 43 chains (79.7 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
- Cape
- Four new Cape gauge and three narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):
- Fourteen 6th Class bar framed 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 6J on the South African Railways (SAR).[3]:49–50, 56[4]:41–44
- The last ten 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives on the Eastern System. In 1912 they will be designated Class 7C on the SAR.[3]:43–44[4]:46–48
- The first thirteen of twenty-three 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon locomotives on the Western, Midland and Eastern Systems. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8 on the SAR.[3]:61–63[4]:48–49
- A single experimental 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type tandem compound steam locomotive, in 1912 designated Class Experimental 2 on the SAR.[4]:82[5]:140
- Three Type A 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotives, later to become Class NG7 on the SAR, on the Hopefield narrow gauge branchline that is being constructed from Kalbaskraal.[4]:104, 112
- Two Type A 2-6-4T Adriatic type narrow gauge locomotives on construction service on the new Avontuur branch that is being built out of Port Elizabeth through the Langkloof.[4]:112, 156
- A single Type C 0-4-0 narrow gauge tank steam locomotive named Midget on the Avontuur branch.[4]:111, 157[6]:231
- Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service with the East London and Table Bay Harbour Boards:
- Two 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter shunting service at the East London Harbour.[4]:26[5]:125–126
- Eleven 2-6-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter harbour shunting service in Table Bay Harbour.[4]:24–25[5]:124
- Natal
- The Natal Government Railways places ten Class F 4-6-4 Baltic type tank steam locomotives in service, the first known locomotive in the world to be designed and built as a Baltic. In 1912 they will be designated Class E on the SAR.[3]:96–98
- The Natal Harbours Department places a single saddle-tank locomotive named Congella in service as harbour shunter in Durban Harbour.[5]:129
- The Zululand Railway Company, contractors for the construction of the North Coast line from Verulam to the Tugela River, acquires two 2-6-0 Mogul type tender locomotives as construction engines.[3]:96–97
- Transvaal
- The Imperial Military Railways places forty Cape 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8A on the SAR.[3]:124–126
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. 184, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 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.
- ↑ Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent - Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains - 1860-2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
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