1892 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1892 in South Africa.

1892
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

February
  • 8 The Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Cape Colony officially adopt a uniform standard time of GMT+01:30.[1]
August
September

Births

  • 3 January J.R.R. Tolkien, writer, poet, philologist and professor. (d. 1973)

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]

Locomotives

Cape
Transvaal

References

  1. "Timezone change of 1892".
  2. The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 15.
  3. 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. 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.
  5. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  6. Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 4–7, 22–23, 38–39. ISBN 0958400946.
  7. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48. ISBN 0869772112.
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