1878 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1878 in South Africa.

1878
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

March
  • 12 Commander R.C. Dryer takes possession of the area surrounding Walvis Bay.
May
July
December
Unknown date

Births

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 25 May Natal Umgeni to Avoca, 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 kilometres).[4]
  • 1 August Cape Midland Glenconnor to Mount Stewart, 48 miles 70 chains (78.7 kilometres).[5]
  • 15 August Cape Eastern Kei Road to Döhne, 20 miles 45 chains (33.1 kilometres).[5]
  • 15 August Cape Eastern East London to Landing Jetty, 1 mile 58 chains (2.8 kilometres).[5]
  • 4 September Natal Durban to Pinetown, 17 miles 15 chains (27.7 kilometres).[6]
  • 4 November Cape Western Kleinstraat to Grootfontein, 86 miles 49 chains (139.4 kilometres).[5]

Locomotives

  • The Cape Government Railways places a second locomotive in service on construction work on the Kowie harbour project at Port Alfred, a 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge 0-4-0 saddle-tank engine named Aid.[7]

References

  1. Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3, p. 661.
  2. http://www.portstjohns.org.za/history.htm
  3. "V muzeu Emila Holuba se ukrýval kapský lev". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 22 May 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 16.
  7. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 13–14, 18. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
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