Bakhuis fotoalbum NZASM Oosterlijn (Delagoa Bay railway), circa 1894 - 04

Bakhuis photo album NZASM Oosterlijn (East line, Delagoa Bay railway). Album with photos of the construction of the NZASM Oosterlijn (Pretoria - Lourenço Marques, later called Maputo). This album is from Johan Elisa Bakhuis (1869-1933), who was an engineer involved in the construction, which was completed in 1894. NZASM: Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij. Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden. (African Studies Centre Leiden). Archief Amsterdam (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) mentions Bakhuis in its inventory 1423 Archief van De Booy ( ). “Johan Elisa Bakhuis (1869-1933) was civil engineer under the Frenchman De Lesseps during the construction of the Panama Canal. In 1885 and 1886 he described the difficult life of engineers, workers and servants in the Panamanian jungle to his wife Jeanne Marie du Rieu, interspersed with reactions and questions about his daughters. Along with her letters, these have been compiled and typed out (inv. no. 1859). Bakhuis's correspondence from South Africa where he worked on the Pretoria - Lorenzo Marqués (present-day Maputo) railroad is also worthwhile.” Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Date

1895

Photographer / author

Johan Elisa Bakhuis (1869-1933), Dutch engineer.

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

image

Original size

1,645 × 1,498 pixels

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