National Bank of India…also in the distance to the right Anglican Church being built in MOMBASA KENYA… Trolley line from Fort Jesus area to Kilindini…
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yes you heard me right, Mombasa had trolley lines
mbona kienyeji ako uchi?
@Meria Mata No. 4 ndo tulikuwa tunaita Ray Parker after some American singer,sio?
Reminds me of my quest to become A Salt Millionaire heheheh
Did you know Port Florence (Kisumu) was named after Chief Engineer Mr Whitehouse’s wife, but it was Ronald’s wife Florence Preston who was photographed ‘driving the last spike’ on the shore of Lake Victoria.
The railway line was finished in December 1901 as the sun was making its descent on the town of Kisumu. To commemorate the end of construction, Mrs. Ronald Preston, wife of the plate laying engineer, drove the final steel key into the rail.
In an interesting twist, the chief engineer’s wife Mrs. Whitehouse and Mrs. Preston had identical first names, Florence. “Port Florence was named after the Chief Engineer’s wife Florence Whitehouse, but it was Ronald’s wife Florence Preston who was photographed ‘driving the last spike’ on the shore of Lake Victoria…” Preston himself inscribed in his book, Oriental Nairobi. Because of the photo, most accounts say the town was named after Mrs. Preston.
The confusion was later resolved when the name was changed to Kisumu – Port Florence was found, somewhat inconsiderately, unworthy of the locale by Special Commissioner of Uganda, Sir Harry Johnson. In a letter, he succinctly wrote “If the native name of the place be laid aside, the European name to be chosen should be of some member of the British royal family or of some great explorer associated with the discovery of Lake Victoria, Nyanza.
” All told, it took five years to complete the railway line and it would take another three decades before it was completely extended to Kampala. And while that seems like a long time – consider that the American Transcontinental Railroad took just six years – what’s truly impressive about East Africa’s line is that it wasn’t building just a railway
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No air-con.
Aahhh daktari,you beat me to it. I got this sitcom on CD. I still watch it…po favor?
Between 1890 and the early 1920s, Mombasa island was served by an unusual transport system. A light two-foot gauge railway line was laid across the island from Government Square (in the old port) to Kilindini docks, and on it were pushed by hand small trolleys which could carry goods or passengers. By 1903 a branch had been laid to the station (then in Treasury Square), the hospital, the sub-commissioner’s house, the lighthouse at Ras Serani, the sports club and to the cemetery.
In 1900 it cost 4 annas to travel from Government Square to Kilindini, or
2 annas as far as the station. If two trolleys met on a single line, the lower ranking officer or civilian had to have his trolley lifted from the rails to allow his senior to pass.
Trolleys were withdrawn in about 1923, after which people had the choice of walking, hiring a rickshaw or taking a motor car. The first car arrived in Kenya in about 1900. A horse and carriage was a rare phenomenon, horses being very susceptible to local diseases, but can be seen in one or two early photographs.
Today, a replica trolley stands in the courtyard of Fort Jesus, on some reconstructed original line.
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Now you know.
Sawasawa keep them coming.
Those who want this thread to be pinned mikono juu(weka like)
Santa.
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Methinks TBT ya leo ingekuwa about elections given that we are in the middle of a ‘gripping’ election fever…
@Meria Mata hauna material ya past elections.
infact every Thursday TBT should be pinned, its the most consistent and longest running article on Ktalk.
mind your language
still searching bro.
This train was a joy to ride in, it was an adventure.
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Kenya Uganda Railways
Since the British were already established in India and had been there for over a century or so, they already had many Indian artisans available in many capacities working under the British and to add further, also looking closely at many influential factors in the big decision making also came the Suez Canal and the big question in the Nile’s Source was a factor in sourcing 1860-3 (Speke and Grant) and building up on that. Most of the Imperialistic influents in many positions were already involved in many aspects of trade and many other Colonial administrations thus the need for Suez Canal for an essential shorter route through from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and into the Indian Ocean was most important. Most if not all influential Colonial Military personal and ranked of the British Army came from British India during the late 1800, early 1900’s and this was the case also during the WW1 campaigns in Eastern and Northern Africa. The Muslim Punjabi and Sikh soldiers were stationed along the East Coast in the late 1800’s.
Sir William Mackinnon who had very strong influential connections with British India through his large shipping business, also owned one of four chartered company “The Imperial British East Africa company” chartered in 1888 (first East African British currency is also dated 1888), the only private initiative authorized by Great Britain to work in East Africa. The building of Uganda Railways needed some mixture of labour force and also skilled personal; the initial thoughts was to get the Chinese workers involved, but the British later opted for Indians mainly from the Punjab and Goa.
The total recruitment campaign of Gujarati’s and Punjabis was handed over to a Mr Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee who had set up recruitment spots along the West Coast and Punjab (remembering there was no Pakistan). Supposedly this would also make communication amongst each other easier as East Africa for the Colonial British Empire was in its infancy. The British were also under a lot of pressure too, they had to rush to get to the source of the Nile before any other European Nations did and inevitably the British feared France the most as they had already occupied Obock in Somalia land (acquiring 1862) and not because of Germany as many would have initially thought, all this came about and was a challenging movement for the Europeans called “The scramble for Africa”.
kusafisha macho ilikuwa jambo la kawaida hizo enzi , what you see is what you get, no funny silicon shit and stuff :D:D:D
Kuria Warrior_1931
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Yes, lakini siku hizi umekuwa na mchezo sana
as late as the 80s giriama women used to walk around like that, nakumbuka nikiwa in a nyayo bus in 1988 from Mombasa to Kaloleni kaa nimeketi na mmama akiwa free ivo akinyonyesha mtoi, maziwa ilinirukia kwa mdomo. had a great big hardon the whole journey
chunga vile unaongelesha ES, takupiga equator or better still block you from seeing tbt
mind your language.