Thomas Charles John Bain

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Thomas Charles John Bain
Born	(1830-09-30)30 September 1830 Graaff-Reinet
Died	29 September 1893(1893-09-29) (aged 62)
Occupation	road engineer

Thomas Charles John Bain (29 September 1830, in Graaff-Reinet – 29 September 1893) was a South African road engineer. As a prolific road building pioneer, Bain was responsible for the planning and construction of more than 900 km of roads and mountain passes, many of them still in use today, over a career spanning from 1848 until 1888. These passes through the mountain ranges between the thin coastal plain and the interior of the former Cape Colony in South Africa, played a major role in opening up the vast hinterland of South Africa.