• The Usambara Railway (German: Usambarabahn) was the first railway to be built in German East Africa and what is today Tanzania. A railway company was...
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    The construction of the Usambara Railway, from Tanga to the hinterland, began in 1893. However, the company building that railway went into bankruptcy after...
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    Unyamwezi and Usukuma were often devastating. Beginning in 1888 the Usambara Railway was built from Tanga to Moshi to bring these agricultural products...
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  • operations over the entire Usambara Railway between Tanga and Moshi in German East Africa begins. October 5 – Kowloon Canton Railway opens throughout. November...
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    (modern-day Kenya), was a busy port and the ocean terminal of the important Usambara Railway, which ran from Tanga to Neu Moshi at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro...
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    Central Line (Tanzania) (category Railway lines in Tanzania)
    Central Line was the second railway project coming into existence in the colony of then German East Africa after the Usambara Railway. For the Tanganjikabahn-project...
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    strengthen German defences in the north of their colony and protect the Usambara Railway. Tom von Prince was one of nine German officers to be killed in the...
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  • from the Usambara Mountains downhill. Ministry of Transport (Tanzania) MV Liemba Economy of Tanzania Usambara Railway East African Railway Master Plan...
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    timber plantation in Tanganyika where he oversaw construction of the Usambara Railway to export raw cedar timber to the Hubertus Mill in Germany. In July...
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    In 1896 the construction of the Usambara Railway began and was extended to Moshi by 1912. Roads, bridges and the railway enabled industrial growth in the...
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    Meinertzhagen Mystery, p. 83 Miller, p. 23, German East Africa Usambara Railway and Central Railway; Haupt, p. 82, Togoland coast line and Hinterlandbahn; Haupt...
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    cotton, the port played a vital role. Its connectivity expanded as the Usambara railway extended westward, linking the port to Moshi by rail. Following World...
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  • and London and South Western Railway trains. February 7 – Official opening ceremonies are held for the Usambara Railway in German East Africa. February...
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    Tanga Port connected to the Usambara Railway in 1883 and the Dar es Salaam Port connected to the Tanzania Central Railway in 1905. The ports were controlled...
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    capture the city and gain control the Indian Ocean terminus of the Usambara Railway. In the Kilimanjaro area, IEF "C" of 4,000 men in one brigade would...
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    to rebuild the city in 1887. The Germans had already completed the Usambara Railway from the Port of Tanga and began constructing the new Tanzanian Central...
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    capture the city and take control the Indian Ocean terminus of the Usambara Railway. Near Kilimanjaro, Indian Expeditionary Force C of 4,000 men in one...
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    popularity of Mkomazi national Park and the Chome Forest Reserve. The Usambara Railway from Tanga to Arusha passes through the district as well. As of 2012...
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    Lieutenant Naumann and his remaining 600 men marched north-northeast to the Usambara Railway, where they held up a train near Kahe in September 1917. General Jacob...
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    colonial masters established the port city of Mwanza and built the Usambara Railway. German East Africa was the largest German colony by area and population...
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    connecting to Moshi. Trunk road T5 from Babati ends in the district. The Usambara Railway from Tanga to Arusha ends in the district as well.Arusha Airport is...
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  • road T2 from Dar es Salaam to Arusha passes through the town. The Usambara Railway from Tanga to Arusha passes through Mwanga as well. According to the...
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    (Dar es Salaam - Lake Tanganyika), along with the as yet incomplete Usambara railway, and the fact that he tried in vain to obtain any support for it, was...
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    of Hook. The U.S. Marines landed at Puerto Cortés in Honduras. The Usambara Railway officially opened for operation in German East Africa (now Tanzania)...
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    Eisenbahngesellschaft (East African Railway Company) constructed an important railway line starting at Tanga on the coast and passing along the Usambara Mountains with a...
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    the country's colonial period. Around 1910, a cable railway was constructed to link the mill with the Usambara line to permit export to Germany. v t e...
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    edge of the Usambara highlands. Since small German raiding parties had already begun to ambush British detachments and attack the Uganda Railway, the destruction...
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    1888, alongside the Austrian cartographer Oscar Baumann, he explored the Usambara region, with designs of continuing on to Mount Kilimanjaro. However, the...
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    the African interior – places as far as Morogoro, Lake Tanganyika and Usambara- on their way to Zanzibar. This explains the meaning of the word Bagamoyo...
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    Kigoma Matengo Highlands Mbeya Mbinga Morogoro Ngara North Kilimanjaro Usambara Mountains The main growing region of Robusta are Kyerwa and Karagwe areas...
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