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The Namaqua Copper Company 0-4-2ST ''Pioneer'' of 1901 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1901 the Namaqua Copper Company acquired its first locomotive, a saddle-tank shunting engine named ''Pioneer'' for use on its tramway line between its main mine at Tweefontein and Flat Mine at Concordia. ==Namaqua Copper Company== The Namaqua United Copper Company was formed to take over the Namaqua Copper Company from 1 January 1888 and on 14 May 1888 it was reconstructed as the Namaqua Copper Company. In 1889 the mine built a long branchline from Braakpits Junction near O'okiep to Flat Mine, where the Company's ore crusher was located. The line was opened to traffic on 23 April 1889. Braakpits Junction was on the Namaqualand Railway of the Cape Copper Company that ran from Port Nolloth on the West Coast to the copper mines around O'okiep.〔 A tramway line was also constructed from Flat Mine to the Company's most important mine at Tweefontein, as well as branclines to the Company stores at Concordia and the copper floor at Flat Mine. At the Port Nolloth end of the Namaqualand Railway a short line was also built to serve the Company store at Port Nolloth. Trains were mule-hauled from the beginning.〔 Copper ore from the Namaqua Copper Company's mines and other Company traffic made use of the Cape Copper Company line between Braakpits Junction and Porth Nolloth. Until the Namaqua Copper Company acquired its own 8 ton capacity mainline wagons, goods and ore had to be transshipped at Braakpits Junction. By 1906 the company had a fleet of thirty wagons.〔 The Company survived the post-World War I depression in spite of a prolonged stoppage of mining from May 1918, but towards the end of the 1920s its copper reserves were running out and the collapse in the copper price led to final closure in July 1931. The assets of the Namaqua Copper Company were sold in 1932 and 1933 and the properties were taken over by the O'okiep Copper Company in 1939.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Namaqualand 0-4-2ST Pioneer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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