Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I

_________ 162 . _____ _______ . ______________________________ ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD. north is contemplated between the trans- continental line and the Uganda Railway on the shores of the great Victoria Nyanza. From this point to the head of the Sudan railway system at Khartum is comparatively a short distance—as distances are judged in Africa. Probably the Germans will themselves decide to build and maintain the 600 miles of trunk railway passing through their territory. It is estimated that ten years will elapse before the first train runs through from Cape Town to Alexandria ; but that the line will ultimately be completed and open for traffic from one end of Africa to the other no one who is in touch with what is going forward can doubt. And when that comes to pass Cecil Rhodes will have received the memorial which he would have prized the most. PRINCIPAL STATIONS AND DISTANCES FROM CAPE TOWN. Vryburg...... Maribogo..... Mafeking...... Lobatsi....... Gaberones.... Mochudi...... Mamabula.... Palapye Road.. Francistown.... Plumtree..... Bulawayo.......... Nyamandhlovu................... Gwaai........ Malindi....... Wankie....... Victoria Falls.. Livingstone... Choma......... Chipongwe.... Broken Hill... • 774 miles. • 821 „ , 870 „ , 917 „ 962 „ • 994 „ 1,0 50 „ ,1,133 „ 1,235 „ 1,296 „ 1,362 „ 1,393 „ • 1,451 „ .1,509 „ • 1,574 „ • 1,642 „ .1,649 „ • 1,779 „ • 1,921 „ ■ 2,017 „ MAFEKING, BULAWAYO LINE. SHOWING IMPROVED TRACK, TEMPORARY WOODEN TANKS FOR WATER, AND NEW OVERHEAD CAST-IRON TANK OF 30,000 GALLONS CAPACITY.