Walvis Bay (English: lit. Whale Bay; Afrikaans: Walvisbaai; German: Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which...
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The Walvis Bay 2-4-2T Hope of 1899 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1899, the Walvis Bay Tramway...
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Walvis Bay railway station is a railway station serving the port city of Walvis Bay in Namibia. It is part of the TransNamib railway network. The first...
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2-4-2 (section Cape of Good Hope)
soon became dominant. In 1899, the Walvis Bay Railway in the British territory of Walvis Bay, a Cape of Good Hope exclave in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (German...
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Cape Colony (redirect from Colony of the Cape of Good Hope)
later added to it. From 1878, the colony also included the enclave of Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands, both in what is now Namibia. It united with three...
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1878 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg. March 12 – Commander R.C. Dryer takes possession of the area surrounding Walvis Bay. May 14 – Paul Kruger...
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Transport in Zambia (section Railway)
Johannesburg to Maputo Port, Mozambique. Walvis Bay Corridor: Road via Livingstone/Sesheke/Katima Mulilo to Walvis Bay Port, Namibia. Beira Corridor: Road...
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1899 in South Africa (section Railway lines opened)
will be designated Class 7E on the SAR. The Walvis Bay Railway places a single 2-4-2 tank locomotive named Hope in service. Rand Mines acquires two narrow...
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Oorlam, and Herero. In 1878, the Cape of Good Hope, then a British colony, annexed the port of Walvis Bay and the offshore Penguin Islands; these became...
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Town Highway. The section between Okahandja and Otavi is part of the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road, and the former section of B1 now designated...
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