Companhia da Zambézia

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Companhia da Zambézia
Maquival, S. Domingos narrow-gauge railway station, station and engine shed
Maquival, narrow-gauge railway station

Companhia da Zambézia, Moçambique - S. Domingos - Estação do caminho de ferro e depósito.jpg

S. Domingos, train station and engine shed
Route length: 21.141 km
Gauge : 600 mm ( narrow gauge )

The Companhia da Zambézia was the third leasing company of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique in the adjoining Northern Rhodesia region Chire that of Nyasaland , Zumbo and Luenha was limited. The society devoted itself primarily to agriculture and animal husbandry as well as salt production. In the agricultural sector, the company operated palm, sisal and corn plantations.

history

The company was founded on May 25, 1892. It was the largest company in Mozambique in terms of its area.

Narrow gauge railway

The Companhia da Zambézia operated a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm around 1925 . The narrow-gauge railway was 21.141 kilometers long. Three from the Krauss & Comp. Locomotives manufactured in Munich pulled 140 wagons (vagonetas), twelve freight wagons (vagons), two passenger wagons (carruagens), two fourgolls and 20 charriots .

  • Palm plantation in Coalane

  • Mixed passenger and freight traffic in Quelimane

  • Passenger and freight train on Avenida Castilho in Terrone

Web links

Commons : Companhia da Zambézia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evolução Histórica da Administração Pública Moçambicana. Retrieved August 2, 2011 and May 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b A Companhia da Zambezia. In: Gazeta das Colonias. Numero Comerativo do 4. ° Centario da Morte de 'Vasco da Gama, Lisbon, January 29, 1925.
  3. ^ Companhia da Zambézia. Retrieved January 4, 2015 and May 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ Macua.org

Coordinates: 17 ° 57 ′ 3.2 ″  S , 36 ° 54 ′ 2.8 ″  E