Cape to Cairo Telegraph line

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British imperial project infrastructure project telegraph line

The Cape to Cairo Telegraph line was a British imperial communications project aiming to connect South Africa to Egypt by telegraph, symbolizing efforts to link the African continent under colonial rule.

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Surface form	Occurrences
British imperial communications network	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British imperial project ⓘ infrastructure project ⓘ telegraph line ⓘ
associatedWith	Cape to Cairo Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Cecil Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
communicationMode	Morse code NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
drivingForce	commercial communication ⓘ imperial administration efficiency ⓘ military communication needs ⓘ
endPoint	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	part of the history of British colonialism in Africa ⓘ part of the history of telecommunications in Africa ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
impact	accelerated information flow between African colonies and London ⓘ facilitated colonial governance ⓘ strengthened British control over African colonies ⓘ
infrastructureType	long-distance telecommunication network ⓘ
medium	overland telegraph line ⓘ
motivation	to link British territories from south to north of Africa ⓘ to project British power across Africa ⓘ
operator	British colonial administrations in Africa ⓘ
ownership	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	British East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	Scramble for Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ high imperialism ⓘ
purpose	administrative control ⓘ imperial integration ⓘ long-distance communication ⓘ
regionCovered	East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeast Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	All-red line NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial communications network ⓘ
startPoint	Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	never fully realized as a continuous single line ⓘ partially completed ⓘ
symbolizes	British imperialism in Africa ⓘ pan-African imperial connectivity ⓘ
technology	electric telegraphy ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Cape to Cairo Railway project → relatedProject → Cape to Cairo Telegraph line ⓘ

Lydda–Baghdad → historicalContext → Cape to Cairo Telegraph line ⓘ

this entity surface form: British imperial communications network