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Kimberley: First Electric Lights in 1882 by Vidya Nand Raushan is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses the history of mining in Kimberley, South Africa. Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province and was the first southern hemisphere town to have electric street lights in 1882. The Kimberley mines produced the largest hand-excavated hole in the world, known as the Big Hole, which was larger than a similar mining site and was placed on UNESCO

Author
Vidya Nand Raushan
Language
EN