. Scottish geographical magazine. he vasttimber forest of the Gwaai river district, and on to the Falls through thegreat Wanki coalfield, thence on to Lake Tanganyika. The work oflaying the line was commenced in May 1901, and in September 1903the rail reached Wanki, a distance of 200 miles from Bulawayo. Onthe route to Wanki the line runs parallel with the Khami river, andafter crossing the Insese and Umguza rivers it enters the extensiveGwaai forest. The Gwaai river is crossed at a spot about 90 miles from 148 SCOTTISH GKOURAPHICAL MAGAZINE. Bulawayo, at which point the altitude is 3240 ft.,
. Scottish geographical magazine. he vasttimber forest of the Gwaai river district, and on to the Falls through thegreat Wanki coalfield, thence on to Lake Tanganyika. The work oflaying the line was commenced in May 1901, and in September 1903the rail reached Wanki, a distance of 200 miles from Bulawayo. Onthe route to Wanki the line runs parallel with the Khami river, andafter crossing the Insese and Umguza rivers it enters the extensiveGwaai forest. The Gwaai river is crossed at a spot about 90 miles from 148 SCOTTISH GKOURAPHICAL MAGAZINE. Bulawayo, at which point the altitude is 3240 ft., or about 1200 than that of Bulawayo. The line then leaves the Gwaai, and afterpassing through a large expanse of sandy plains, it comes to Wanki to Victoria Falls is a distance of 75 miles, and over thispart of the country, which is of a more hilly nature, the line was carriedand completed on 25th April 1904. The bridging of the Zambezi hasbeen a considerable engineering feat. It is expected that the construc-. Fig. 4.—The Western Cataract, or Leaping Water, Victoria Falls. tion of the bridge will be completed in June of this year. The extensionof the railway north of the Falls has been authorised as far as Kalomo,100 miles beyond the Falls, the capital of North-Western Rhodesia. Inorder that the construction of this part of the line may not be delayed,the material is being conveyed across the Zambezi by means of an aerialcableway. At the present time (February 1905) the earthworks on thenorth side of the Zambezi are completed for the first 29 miles, and therails are laid for 12 miles. From Kalomo the railway will be continuednorth-westward to the Kafue river. Beyond the river it will bifurcate, THE DEVELOPMENT OF RHODESIA. 149 one line proceeding north-westward to develop the great mineral field ofthe Hook of the Kafue, from which point it may ultimately be continuedto the great copper-field of Kansanshi, on the border of the Congo main branch i
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