1884 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1884 in South Africa.

1884
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

April
July
August
November
December
  • 1 The private Kowie Railway line between Grahamstown and Port Alfred is opened to traffic.[2]

Deaths

  • 8 February Zulu king Cetshwayo. (b. 1826)

Railways

Railway lines opened

Locomotives

  • The Cape Government Railways places two experimental 3rd Class 4-4-0 tender and four experimental 4th Class 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives in service, designed by the Cape Eastern System to be able to use the low-grade local coal with its high content of incombustible matter.[5][6]

References

  1. "Imvo Zabantsundu: a Brief History". National Heritage Monument of South Africa website. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 12–13.
  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.
  4. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 182, ref. no. 200954-13
  5. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  6. C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94–95.
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