The Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo superieur aux Grands Lacs africains was a Belgian railway company established in 1902 in the Congo Free State, later the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It served the eastern part of the colony south of Stanleyville, now Kisangani, carrying settlers and freight from the mining operations of Katanga. The company combined river steamer service on the Lualaba River with railway links where the river was not navigable, including a connection to Lake Tanganyika, and in 1960 it became the Societe congolaise des chemins de fer des Grands Lacs.
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Source Wikidata: Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo superieur aux Grands Lacs africains
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WikidataWikidata item description
Belgian railway company in Africa
Wikidata statement: inception (P571)
inception: 1902
Wikidata statement: dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576)
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1960
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 2
instance of: colonial society
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 1
instance of: railway company
Operates In: Railroad Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q3565868, matched to the live industry entity "Railroad Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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