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Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.View at railhead.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Lighting boom for work at night.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Working at night.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One . Dragging rails with mules.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Excavation of cutting by hand.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. The engineer's kitchen.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Gangers and workers levelling track bed.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914/15. Mule carts taking railway sleepers from construction train for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Leading illumination car of the construction train for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Looking back onto the construction trains from the eading illumination car. Prieska-Kalkfontein line, tent camp in the distance.
Upington district, 1914/15. Platelaying for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line, viewed from the illumination car.
Upington district, 1914/15. Platelaying for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line, viewed from the illumination car.
Upington district, 1914/15. Workers tightening bolts onto fish plates for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington, February 1915. Steam locomotive crossing the Orange River by pontoon during World War One.