1876
in
South Africa

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

The following lists events that happened during 1876 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

January
February
  • 5 The ship Memento sinks off East London and two 2nd Class 2-6-2TT locomotives intended for the Eastern System of the Cape Government Railways are lost.[1]
March
June
July
October
  • 19 The 2,700 ton steamer Windsor Castle sinks off Dassen Island.
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

Railways

New lines

Railway lines opened

  • 1 January Namaqualand Kookfontein to O'okiep, 32 miles (51.5 kilometres).[7]
  • 1 April Cape Midland Addo to Sand Flats, 22 miles 30 chains (36.0 kilometres).[8]
  • 16 June Cape Western Ceres Road to Worcester, 24 miles 38 chains (39.4 kilometres).[8]
  • 14 September Cape Western Bellville to Muldersvlei, 13 miles 37 chains (21.7 kilometres).[8]
  • 18 December Cape Eastern East London to Breidbach, 38 miles 73 chains (62.6 kilometres).[8]

Locomotives

Cape

Six new locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):

Natal
  • In January the Natal Railway Company obtains its third and last 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge locomotive, a side-tank engine named Perseverance.[9]:20–22

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94–95.
  2. Cana, Frank Richardson (1911). "South Africa" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 475.
  3. "Provincial Archive Service: Overview | Western Cape Government".
  4. Lewis, Charles; Pivnic, Les. "Soul of A Railway". System 1, Part 3: Wellington to Touws River, pp. 31–32. (Retrieved on 3 September 2016)
  5. 1 2 The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978.
  6. 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
  7. Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0.
  8. 1 2 3 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.
  9. 1 2 3 4 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.
  10. Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 36. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
  11. 1 2 3 Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  12. Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. pp. 21–22. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
  13. Abbott, Rowland A.S. (1970). The Fairlie Locomotive, (1st ed.). South Devon House, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, Newton Abbot. pp. 34, 36-38. ISBN 0 7153 4902 3.
  14. What were these, 2-6-0T or 0-6-0T?
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