Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 174,148 pages of information and 250,321 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Imperial Military Railways

From Graces Guide

The Imperial Military Railways (IMR) were formed from an amalgamation of Orange Free State Government Railways, the Netherlands-South African Railway Company and the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway.

The IMR was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Girouard.

Operational during the Boer War, in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.

At the end of the war, in July 1902, the IMR became the Central South African Railways


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