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Engine no.9 at the Kowie

Item

“Engine no.9 at the Kowie”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13022

Title

Engine no.9 at the Kowie

Description

Note at the bottom: “Engine no9 at the Kowie from 1878. Gauge 4’-81/2”. Note on the back: “c. 1883 aka “Blackie” and “Frontier” This in Engine no 9 for 4-8 ½ inch Gauge. A series of this type of locomotive were sent out to Cape Town from Sept. 1859 is April 1860 – Engine no9 was sent to the “Kowie” Harbour Works during 1879. With the Compliments of Theo J Espitolies. PO Box 1006 Pretoria.”,Engine no. 9 at the Kowie from 1878.

Subject

Locomotives -- South Africa -- Port Alfred -- Photographs

Type

Image

Format

jpg

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/20512

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University

Date Issued

1878

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/M 273

useGuidelines

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Item sets

Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Cory Library's miscellaneous images

Media

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Hierarchies

The Frontier Collection

• The 1820-Settlers (32 items)
• The Frontier Wars (92 items)
• The Development of Settler Towns (468 items)
  • Alice (40 items)
  • Bathurst (16 items)
  • Bedford (3 items)
  • Cathcart (5 items)
  • Cradock (200 items)
  • East London (22 items)
  • Grahamstown (91 items)
  • King William's Town (32 items)
  • Port Alfred (19 items)
  • Port Elizabeth (34 items)
  • Queenstown (6 items)

“Engine no.9 at the Kowie”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13022