Description: Pioneer Railways in South Africa. Harper's Weekly 1878 This is a wood-engraved single sheet only which is over 140 years old! It was published in the August 10, 1878, issue of Harper's Weekly, America's leading illustrated paper in the 1800s. It measures 11x15.5 inches in size, and is in excellent, attractive condition, with only a slight bit of age toning (see photos). The page presents four illustrations over the title of, PIONEER RAILWAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The four individual scenes are captioned: * Car of the Pioneer Railway. * Engine and Tenders. * Section of Pioneer Railway Car. * Pioneer Railway Train Crossing a Stream. * South African Tramway. These engravings take up 5/6ths of the page. The rest of the sheet is devoted to a related article titled A PIONEER RAILWAY. It consisted of 46 lines of text in small print on the illustrated page, plus 48 lines on a separate page in the Harper's issue. A transcript of the latter text will be included with the print. The article begins: Elevated or post and rail railways, like the one shown in the accompanying sketches, were first proposed about forty years ago, and have been erected in this country and other parts of the world, but generally on comparatively level ground, since a gravity engine of sufficient weight to draw a train up a steep incline would be out of the question on such structures. The railway used for military transportation in the Transvaal, South Africa, is a one-rail structure. Its advantages are many. . . . Etc., etc. The article goes on to describe these advantages, and how railway in South Africa was constructed. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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