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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:railway_line
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gptkbp:builtBy
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gptkb:British_colonial_government
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gptkbp:constructionStartYear
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1896
1901
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gptkbp:endDate
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Kisumu
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gptkbp:fundedBy
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:gauge
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meter gauge
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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facilitated British colonial expansion
enabled settlement and trade in East Africa
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lunatic Line
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gptkbp:length
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approximately 660 miles
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gptkbp:nickname
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British press criticism
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Tsavo lion attacks (1898)
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gptkbp:notableFor
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construction difficulties
man-eating lions of Tsavo
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gptkbp:notableModel
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gptkb:George_Whitehouse
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Uganda_Railway
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Uganda_Railways_Corporation
gptkb:Kenya_Railways_Corporation
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gptkbp:passesThrough
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gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Uganda
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gptkbp:purpose
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connect Indian Ocean to Lake Victoria
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya
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gptkbp:startDate
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gptkb:Mombasa
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gptkbp:status
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partially operational
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Uganda_Railway_(historical)
gptkb:Lunatic_Express
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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