1923 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1923 in South Africa.

1923
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

March
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 12 April Transvaal Dunswart to Apex deviation, 4 miles 16 chains (6.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 21 May Natal Queen's Bridge to Duff's Road deviation, 5 miles 55 chains (9.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 8 July Natal Canelands, Umdloti to Maidstone deviation, 6 miles 74 chains (11.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 6 August Cape Kamfersdam to Winter's Rush, 34 miles 29 chains (55.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 9 August Cape Belmont to Douglas, 53 miles 22 chains (85.7 kilometres).[2]
  • 30 October Transvaal Settlers to Tuinplaas, 13 miles 22 chains (21.4 kilometres).[2]

Locomotives

  • The New Cape Central Railway places two 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt articulated steam locomotives in service. They will be designated Class GK on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1925.[3][4][5]
  • Major Frank Dutton, SAR Signal Engineer and the Motor Transport Superintendent, conducts trials with a prototype petrol-paraffin powered Dutton road-rail tractor.[5][6]
  • Mr. C. Lawson, Superintendent Mechanical of the SAR, experiments with gas-electric motive power and constructs a single experimental producer gas-electric locomotive. The locomotive remains in service for several years but the gas-electric concept will eventually be superseded by diesel-electric traction.[5][6][7]

References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13
  3. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  4. Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
  5. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 93–94, 118–119. ISBN 0869772112.
  6. Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, October 1945. pp. 782-783.
  7. Heymans, Brig. H.B.; Parsley, Dr. G.M.J. (2000).The SAR Experimental Suction Gas-Electric Locomotive. Paper dated 28 September 2000.
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