1892 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1892 in South Africa.
Incumbents
[edit]- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Henry Brougham Loch.
- Governor of the Colony of Natal: Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell.
- State President of the Orange Free State: Francis William Reitz.
- State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger.
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Cecil John Rhodes.
Events
[edit]- 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
- 8 – The South African and International Exhibition opens
- 15 – The railway line from Cape Town via Bloemfontein, with connections to Port Elizabeth and East London, is completed to Germiston.[2][3]
Births
[edit]- 3 January – J.R.R. Tolkien, writer, poet, philologist and professor. (d. 1973)
Deaths
[edit]Railways
[edit]Railway lines opened
[edit]- 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]
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- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Timezone change of 1892".
- ^ The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 15.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48. ISBN 0869772112.