1862 in South Africa
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Events
- October
- 2 – A breakwater construction locomotive for Table Bay Harbour arrives on the ship Navarino.[1]
- Unknown date
- Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited is established in London.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 May – Cape Western – Cape Town to Stellenbosch, 30 miles (48.3 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
- The Table Bay Harbour Board acquires a single broad-gauge locomotive, builder or appearance unknown, for excavation and breakwater construction work.[1]
Births
- 24 July - James Percy FitzPatrick, author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry, is born in King Williams Town, Cape Colony
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Table Bay Harbour construction locomotives
- ↑ Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13
