1862 in South Africa

	1862 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

October

• 2 – A breakwater construction locomotive for Table Bay Harbour arrives on the ship Navarino.^[1]

Unknown date

• Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited is established in London.

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 1 May – Cape Western – Cape Town to Stellenbosch, 30 miles (48.3 kilometres).^[2]

Locomotives

• The Table Bay Harbour Board acquires a single broad-gauge locomotive, builder or appearance unknown, for excavation and breakwater construction work.^[1]

Births

• 24 July - James Percy FitzPatrick, author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry, is born in King Williams Town, Cape Colony

References

1. Table Bay Harbour construction locomotives
2. 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