Railway and mining company
Otavi Railway |
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Opened | 1906 |
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Line length | 567 km (352 mi) |
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Track gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
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Old gauge | 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) |
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Minimum radius | 150 m (492 ft) |
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Walvis Bay
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Kuiseb
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Swakopmund-Jetty
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2 m
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Swakopmund-Mole
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Turning loop Swakopmund
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0
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Swakopmund
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23
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Namib
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43
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Rössing
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60
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Arandis
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Treckkopje
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78
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Karup
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94
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110
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Ebony
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120
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Stingbank
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Stingbank-Bridge
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134
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Aukas
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151
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Usakos Main workshops
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Turning loop Kranzberg
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167
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Kranzberg
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Etiro
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Etiro-bridge
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198
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Erongo
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211
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Kanona
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236
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Omaruru
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Esibtal-bridge
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Top
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1589 m
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260
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Epako
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285
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Otuë
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307
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Kalkfeld Okowakuatjivi
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Avand
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343
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Erundu
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379
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Otjiwarongo
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403
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Okawe
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428
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Okaputa
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462
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Komukanti
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497
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Otavi
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to Grootfontein
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523
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Korab
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546
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Bobos
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from Oshikango
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567
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Tsumeb
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Tsumeb-Copper mine
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The Otavi Mining and Railway Company (Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or OMEG) was a railway and mining company in German South West Africa (today's Namibia). It was founded on 6 April 1900 in Berlin with the Disconto-Gesellschaft and the South West Africa Company as major shareholders.[1]