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By 1876, the Molteno Government had selected Thomas Brounger's proposed route through the Hex River valley, with the line to follow the route from through, then along Hood's proposed pass across the mountain via Osplaas to the 3,147 feet (959 metres) summit at Matroosberg, and then via Kleinstraat to. He also proposed that a short tunnel would be required. In 1874 surveyor Wells Hood, under the instruction of Brounger, found a potential route up the 2,353 feet (717 metres) climb from De Doorns in the Hex River valley to the top of the Karoo plateau east of the Valley, that would require gradients of no more than 1 in 40, very steep by railway standards, and tight curves with a minimum radius of 100 metres (328 feet). Route The Hex River Mountain was a major obstacle to be overcome during the construction of the railway between and the diamond fields at. The (CGR) was formed and railway engineer William George Brounger was appointed to oversee the task. In 1872 the, under Prime Minister, ordered that a railway line must be constructed across this barrier in the vicinity of the.

Sir The enormous effectively separated Cape Town on the coast from the hinterland of Southern Africa, and had obstructed previous attempts to expand the Cape Colony's railway infrastructure inland. Construction of the line eliminated the bottleneck of the Hex River rail pass. Of the 30 kilometres (18.64 miles) of track, 16.8 kilometres (10.44 miles) are underground. The line, which connects in the Hex River valley with in the, is part of the main rail route between. The four Hex River Tunnels consist of a twin tunnel of 0.5 kilometres (0.31 miles) and three single tunnels of 1.1 kilometres (0.68 miles), 1.2 kilometres (0.75 miles) and 13.5 kilometres (8.39 miles), on the Hexton railway route between De Doorns and Kleinstraat through the of the, South Africa. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so don't worry about it. Please click button to get john milne book now.

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