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A pair of ploughing engines at either side of a field pulls the ploughing equipment across the field. The winding drum is beneath the boiler and would have been used to haul a plough with a wire rope between the compatriot engines. A person sitting on the plough steers it. The engine operators would communicate with whistles to plough in opposite directions. This was displayed at a festival in Billericay, England. <\/div>\n
<\/span>Photo: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Kimberley, a unique city of internationally important history, its Big Hole and ancillary tourist attractions should be marketed more thoroughly to attract international tourists willing to spend money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complementary to this, heritage and archaeological industrial tourism can create desperately needed jobs. This is the opinion of two British steam engine enthusiasts and journalists who recently visited the city and were in awe of the steam engines and a steam tram at the Big Hole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are Colin Tyson, former editor of Old Glory<\/em><\/span> magazine and a transport and industrial heritage journalist, and Derek Rayner, a former engineer at British Railways who writes articles on industrial archaeology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They say tourist authorities and the Sol Plaatje Municipality must exploit the city\u2019s unique historical attractions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rayner, who owns a restored steam roller, was emotionally moved when he saw the steam tram, Beaconsfield, also called Puffing Billy at the Big Hole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have a fetish for steam trams. It is the only one of four left in the world made by this manufacturer in Leeds. The tram is in pretty good condition, even though there are parts missing. It could be restored and used as a tourist attraction to pull carriages filled with tourists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis tram was first used in England before electricity was invented. Thereafter it was sold to De Beers, who used it in Kimberley until electric trams, like the one currently used at the Big Hole, replaced the steam tram.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experts also admired two little steam locomotives on the side of the Big Hole, as well as the steam plough or traction engine and winding gear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is magnificent, but should be restored and displayed,\u201d says Rayner. \u201cThese plough engines were manufactured in pairs and used to plough fields. The ploughing engines would be positioned on either side of the field, with the ploughing equipment pulled between it by a wire rope affixed to a drum under the engine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rayner and Tyson brought old photos of a pair of steam engines taken 20 odd years ago. The pair of engines were manufactured in 1909 and bought by De Beers. The one is at the Big Hole and the other in Koffiefontein at the town\u2019s entrance, they thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They went to Koffiefontein to look at the engine\u2019s works plate to find a serial number to confirm their suspicions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe were very disappointed to find no works plate, and it was in a dismantled state \u2013 a real sorry sight.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tyson says Kimberley is blessed with many historically important relics from the industrial past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not possible to restore every steam engine, but restored ones can be displayed to interpret history and the future. At the Bluebell Railway Museum in Sussex we regularly have learners visiting. We have operating steam locomotives and carriages and re-enactments. Learning is much more fun in live locations than classrooms. I have not seen any tourist guides at the Big Hole to take tourists or school groups around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Big Hole is certainly not marketed well enough in England. The ancillary attractions that complement the historical displays at the Big Hole are very important to attract international tourists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandy Buchanan, a South African steam enthusiast involved in the tourism sector, accompanied the Brits. He says Kimberley\u2019s history \u201coffers a unique comparative advantage that should be exploited to attract tourist and create jobs\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalls that a few decades ago, Kimberley hosted hugely popular steam festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A showman\u2019s road locomotive at a festival in Billericay, England. It was used to transport the rides between fairgounds. Its dynamo on the front is powered by a belt from the flywheel on the end of the shaft , generating electricity for rides like the gallopers and swings, and the light bulbs.<\/div>\n
<\/span>Photo: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A steam roller at a steam engine festival in Billericay, England. It was used for making roads in the 1940\u2019s. <\/div>\n
<\/span>Photo: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cSouth Africa has big steam locomotives that are impressive on the railway tracks in vast landscapes, which you will not get in England where steam tourism has flourished in the past years.\u201d

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