Engine no.9 at the Kowie

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/s: Locomotives -- South Africa -- Port Alfred -- Photographs
Date Issued: 1878
Type: Image
Format: jpg
Archive: Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University
Asset No.: PIC/M 273
Use/re-use: In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/20512

Item sets: Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Cory Library's miscellaneous images

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