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CGR 0-4-0ST 1878 Aid
The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST of 1878 ''Aid'' is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
In June 1874, while construction work by the Kowie Harbour Improvement Company was underway at Port Alfred, the Cape Government Railways shipped their 0-4-2 tank locomotive no. 9 ''Blackie'' from Cape Town to Port Alfred for use as construction locomotive. When it became necessary to regularly ferry the locomotive from one bank of the Kowie river to the other as circumstances demanded, a second locomotive was obtained in 1878, a saddle-tank engine named ''Aid''.〔The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 5, 12.〕
==Port Alfred harbour==
In the middle of the 19th century Port Alfred on the Kowie River was considered as a possible third major port in the Eastern Cape, in addition to the ports of Port Elizabeth toward the southwest and East London toward the northeast. The Kowie Harbour Improvement Company commenced work in 1857 to construct embankments and increase the depth of the river mouth. The work was eventually taken over by the Cape Government, who spent more than £800,000 in the attempt to develop the harbour.〔
When the need arose in 1874 for a construction locomotive on site, the 0-4-2 tank locomotive no. 9 ''Blackie'', the first locomotive in South Africa, was shipped to Port Alfred by the Cape Government Railways. The engine ''Blackie'', officially named ''Frontier'', was put to work on the west bank of the Kowie river, but as pressure of work demanded, it became necessary to regularly ferry the locomotive from one bank of the Kowie to the other.〔
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