rogerfarnworth
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A while back I produced a thread which covered the Uganda Railway construction and history as well as surveying the length of the line through Kenya and Uganda.
That thread can be found on the following link:
At the end of 2020 I acquired copies of the 2 volume series compiled by M.F.Hill entitled 'Permanent Way'. These two books were produced for the East African Railways and Harbours, Nairobi, Kenya and, while being focussed on the Uganda Railway were as much a social and economic history of East Africa.
This link will take you to some preliminary reflections which come from reading Hill's book and which I hope are not seen as being too far off topic:
That thread can be found on the following link:
Uganda Railways
My wife and I are in Uganda at the moment (9th May 2018), I have been here a number of times before. The national railway system is metre-gauge. I hope this first post is of interest to members of this forum. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/05/09/uganda-railways-part-1 Other posts...
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At the end of 2020 I acquired copies of the 2 volume series compiled by M.F.Hill entitled 'Permanent Way'. These two books were produced for the East African Railways and Harbours, Nairobi, Kenya and, while being focussed on the Uganda Railway were as much a social and economic history of East Africa.
This link will take you to some preliminary reflections which come from reading Hill's book and which I hope are not seen as being too far off topic:
Uganda at the end of 19th century and the events leading up to the construction of the Uganda Railway.
It has been some time since I last posted about the Uganda Railway. I have very recently picked up a copy of each of the two volumes of ‘Permanent Way’ written by M.F. Hill in 1949. The…
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In order to provide the context for the construction of the Uganda Railway, M.F. Hill saw it as imperative in his book to provide a social and economic history of the East African region. It is impossible for me to judge the veracity of what he writes, but it clearly is written from a British Colonial perspective. In addition to covering the strife between the European powers who sought to increase their influence in the Great Lakes region of the continent of Africa, Hill provides extensive quotes from leading British figures in the region about the Uganda that they knew before the coming of the railway.