1876 HEX RIVER PASS RAILWAY TUNNEL - EXPLORING THE OLDEST RAILWAY TUNNEL IN SA with
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- South Africa's oldest railway tunnel is situated at km 35 between De Doorns and Tunnel Station. It was built by Brounger and Pauling in 1876 to penetrate a buttress that was too tight and steep to bring a line around. The tunnel portals are of dressed stone masonry but the tunnel itself is unlined - testimony to the economical use of masonry and cement. In 1929 the track was diverted for a short distance and a second concrete lined tunnel built to accommodate larger locomotives. The latter tunnel served the line thereafter until its closure in 1989.