1892 in South Africa
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Contents
Events
- February
- 8 – The Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Cape Colony officially adopt a uniform standard time of GMT+01:30.[1]
- August
- 20 – The Johannesburg Reform Committee is established by prominent Johannesburg citizens.
- September
- 15 – The railway line from Cape Town via Bloemfontein, with connections to Port Elizabeth and East London, is completed to Germiston.[2][3]
Births
- Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, activist and journalist.
Deaths
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Railways
Railway lines opened
- 8 February – Cape Midland – Rosmead Junction to Stormberg Junction to link with the Cape Eastern, 83 miles (133.6 kilometres).[4]
- 7 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, 212 miles 79 chains (342.8 kilometres).[3]
- 21 May – Cape Eastern – Albert Junction (Dreunberg Junction) to Bethulie Bridge, 39 miles (62.8 kilometres).[4]
- 21 May – Free State – Bethulie Bridge to Springfontein, 28 miles 2 chains (45.1 kilometres).[3]
- 20 June – Transvaal – Malelane to Nelspruit, 38 miles (61.2 kilometres).[3]
- 12 July – Natal – Danskraal to Natal-Free State border, 35 miles 79 chains (57.9 kilometres).[3]
- 12 July – Free State – Natal-Free State border to Harrismith, 23 miles 12 chains (37.3 kilometres).[3]
- 15 September – Transvaal – Vaal River Bridge to Germiston, 40 miles (64.4 kilometres).[3]
Locomotives
- Cape
- The Cape Government Railways places the first six 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service.[5]:40–41, 61[6][7]
- Transvaal
- The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal Republic) places the first of twenty 40 Tonner tank locomotives in service.[5]:113–114
References
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- ↑ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
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