Construction of Uganda Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Construction_of_Uganda_Railway
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:casualties thousands of workers died
gptkbp:endDate 1901
gptkbp:engineer gptkb:George_Whitehouse
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Construction of Uganda Railway
gptkbp:impact facilitated British colonial control
stimulated economic development in East Africa
gptkbp:laborSource Indian indentured laborers
local African workers
gptkbp:legacy foundation for modern rail transport in Kenya and Uganda
gptkbp:length approximately 660 miles
gptkbp:location East Africa
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Tsavo_River_Bridge
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Man-eaters_of_Tsavo
importation of Indian laborers
gptkbp:purpose connect the interior of Uganda with the Indian Ocean
gptkbp:route gptkb:Mombasa
gptkbp:routeEnd Kisumu
gptkbp:startDate 1896
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_East_Africa_Protectorate
gptkb:Nandi_resistance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7