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George Whitehouse, a British engineer, decides to build a workshop for Uganda Railway in a swamp where Kenya’s capital, Nairobi
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South African History Online. (2012, May 25). George Whitehouse, a British engineer, decides to build a workshop for Uganda Railway in a swamp where Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083987
South African History Online (2012) 'George Whitehouse, a British engineer, decides to build a workshop for Uganda Railway in a swamp where Kenya’s capital, Nairobi', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083987 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, George Whitehouse, a British engineer, decides to build a workshop for Uganda Railway in a swamp where Kenya’s capital, Nairobi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083987, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"George Whitehouse, a British engineer, decides to build a workshop for Uganda Railway in a swamp where Kenya’s capital, Nairobi." South African History Online, 25 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083987. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "George Whitehouse, a British engineer, decides to build a workshop for Uganda Railway in a swamp where Kenya’s capital, Nairobi." South African History Online. May 25, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083987.
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