When the railway came to Grahamstown.
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Hunt, K S
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Afdeling Streekgeskiedenis van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Section for Regional History, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC
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• Opsomming:
Die oopstelling van die spoorlyn tussen Alicedale en Grahamstad
op 3 September 1879 was 'n gebeurtenis van besondere belang
vir Grahamstad. Die gedagte om Grahamstad per spoor met
die hawe in Port Elizabeth te verbind, het drie-en-twintig jaar vroeër
by die sakemanne van Grahamstad ontstaan. Toe die spoorlyn uiteindelik
gebou is, was die inwoners van Grahamstad eintlik meer ten
gunste van ʼn spoorverbinding met die hawe van Port Alfred. Dit is
egter eers vyf jaar later gebou. Toe die eerste sooi gespit is vir die
bou van die spoorwegstasie en ook toe die eerste passasierstrein in
Grahamstad aangekom het, is groot feesvierings en feestelikhede
gereël.
• Summary: The opening of the railway-line between Alicedale and Grahamstown on 3 September 1879 was a red-letter day for Grahamstown. The idea of linking Grahamstown by rail to the harbour of Port Elizabeth was initiated twenty-three years earlier by Grahamstown businessmen. By the time the railway came, Grahamstownians were more in favour of a railway-line to the harbour of Port Alfred. This, however, came only five years later. The turning of the first sod to build the railway station and the arrival of the first passenger-train at Grahamstown gave its inhabitants reason for big celebrations and festivities.
• Summary: The opening of the railway-line between Alicedale and Grahamstown on 3 September 1879 was a red-letter day for Grahamstown. The idea of linking Grahamstown by rail to the harbour of Port Elizabeth was initiated twenty-three years earlier by Grahamstown businessmen. By the time the railway came, Grahamstownians were more in favour of a railway-line to the harbour of Port Alfred. This, however, came only five years later. The turning of the first sod to build the railway station and the arrival of the first passenger-train at Grahamstown gave its inhabitants reason for big celebrations and festivities.
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Hunt, K.S. 1979. When the railway came to Grahamstown. Contree : Tydskrif vir Suid-Afrikaanse stedelike streekgeskiedenis = Contree : Journal for South African urban and regional history. 6:24-28, Jul. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4968]