The Cape Copper Mining Company 0-4-0WT Condenser of 1886 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
Kitson works picture of no. 1 John Taylor, c. 1886
A condenser with tender working a company picnic train at O'okiep, c. 1890
Possibly John Taylor, with cab roof installed and motion exposed, c. 1886
Jackal modified to non-condensing, with an extended bunker and altered cab, c. 1920
Port Nolloth
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Port Nolloth is a town and seaport in the Namaqualand region on the northwestern coast of South Africa, 144 kilometres northwest of Springbok. It is the seat of the Richtersveld Local Municipality.
Namaqualand 0-4-0WT Condenser
…1869 and 1876 by the Cape Copper Mining Company, restructured as the Cape Copper Company in 1888. The 93+1⁄2-mile-long (150-kilometre) railway from Port Nolloth on the West Coast to the copper mines around O'okiep was initially exclusively mule-powered, but in 1871 two 0-6-0T locomotives named John King and…
Port Nolloth town, 2005
Fishing vessels and diamond prospectors in Port Nolloth harbour
An abandoned trawler, damaged on the reef across the mouth of the Port channel