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Sep 29, 1830 Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Died on 29 Sep 1893 (aged 63)
South African engineer
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About Thomas Charles John Bain
- 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.
