As the first "power" in Africa, the concrete embodiment is naturally the state of social development, although the social system of East Africa seems to be "a mess", but the overall social outlook and the whole era are basically synchronized.

Dar es Salaam City.

Dar es Salaam has been ranked first in East Africa's economy for many years, and at the same time it is the largest comprehensive city in East Africa, and many of the data are among the best, so many new things will appear in Dar es Salaam.

In 1887, the first tram in East Africa was officially launched in Dar es Salaam, attracting onlookers from the citizens of Dar es Salaam.

As early as 1881, the German engineer Werner von Siemens laid the first tram track in the suburbs of Berlin, establishing the world's first tram prototype.

In fact, in 1870, Siemens began to study trams, and in 1879 Siemens had a prototype at the Berlin World's Fair.

In 1883 it successfully launched its own model, and in 1885 the East African government proposed to build tram lines in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa.

It was not until 1887 that the first tram in East Africa was finally put into operation in Dar es Salaam, and at the same time, Dar es Salaam converted the horse-drawn tram line into an electrified tram line, becoming the world's first commercial tram system (originally in the United States in 1888).

Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had already put the first tram line into trial operation in Sarajevo, but due to technical shortcomings, Sarajevo's trams still needed horses to provide some power, so they were not really successful trams.

In contrast, Siemens did not go so well in Germany, back in 1880, when Siemens planned to build an elevated electric urban rail railway in Berlin, but the move was firmly opposed by local residents, who believed that the construction of an elevated railway would devalue real estate.

There is no such problem in East Africa, first of all, the East African government has a greater right to speak, which provides a solid foundation for the popularization of trams, and at the same time, East African roads have long reserved tram operating space, so the transformation will not cause much trouble to East African road traffic, and East Africa does not have the idea of building an elevated road.

"In 1807, Britain has appeared the world's first passenger rail bus pulled by a horse-drawn carriage, and has been promoted in many European cities, the tram is based on the use of electric motors as a power source, the development of a new type of rail transit vehicle, is part of urban public transport."

"In order to keep London accessible, there are thousands of horses operating every day, which also puts a huge pressure on the health problems of the city of London, of course, this is also a common problem in many cities, and the same is true for us in Dar es Salaam, a lot of feces and urine, it is a nightmare for cleaners, so a more environmentally friendly tram will play a huge role in improving the city's living environment."

At present, the mainstream public transportation in the city is still the public carriage, but there is no doubt that the tram will replace the tram and become the new favorite of urban rail transit, and the craziest in this regard is the Americans in the previous life, who built more than 70,000 kilometers of tram lines, which is longer than the railways of many countries.

As a country that has invested heavily in the field of electricity, East Africa naturally attaches great importance to important new products in the power and transportation industry, such as trams.

The Tram Plant in Dar es Salaam is now in production, and the tram lines throughout the city have been completely renovated to cover the two main urban areas.

"The track of this kind of tram, before that, I thought it was the track of the city railway, but I didn't expect to run this thing, but can this kind of tram really run?" A citizen asked.

Intra-city railways were not uncommon in this era, for example, many railway stations in London and New York were built in the city, for economic reasons, just as stations in East Africa were generally built in the suburbs.

For the citizens of Dar es Salaam, who are accustomed to seeing new things, the tram is more than they can imagine, and according to the official version, the tram is powered by cables in the sky.

To this end, power poles have also been erected in the green belt of the middle road in Dar es Salaam to provide a power source.

"Cars can't afford to buy, trams are extremely cheap, so you can definitely try it, and many people who haven't been on a train can use it to try it out!"

There are many new railways in East Africa, but very few people have taken them, and the tram can make up for this to a certain extent, and it is very affordable, according to the wages of Dar es Salaam.

In an era when buses and taxis were not available, trams were the best choice, and even in the 21st century, trams are a regular mode of urban transportation between buses and light rail.

In Ernst's view, the development potential of trams is enormous, and even in the future, they will not seem obsolete.

The reason why in the middle of the 20th century in the previous life, a large number of countries eliminated trams, there are two main reasons, one is the emergence of automobiles, and there is no so-called energy crisis in the early stage of automobile development, so according to the thinking of people at that time, trams are not as good as cars at all, one is in the thirties and forties of the 20th century, the world war turned the whole of Europe into a scorched earth, and rail transit maintenance is more troublesome.

Later, under the general trend of energy crisis, environmental protection and urban transport development, the tram was "revived" in Europe and the Far Eastern Empire.

In fact, trams should belong to a kind of "light rail", and can even be related to high-speed rail, so the development of trams is definitely more beneficial than disadvantageous for technology accumulation.

East Africa is a relatively "scarce" country in terms of energy, mainly in oil resources, so it is necessary for East Africa to replace some fossil energy with electricity.

In addition to the high threshold of nuclear energy, thermal power, wind power, hydropower, and even solar energy and tidal energy are all key projects in East Africa.

This is also the direction of ERNST's direction for the development of the power sector in East Africa, and Tesla's alternating current is also in trial operation in East Africa, especially for long-distance transmission projects, which pave the way for the development of electrification in East Africa.

Thermal power is supported by coal mines in the south, which is also the current mainstream power generation mode, while hydropower is a key research project, and East Africa's hydropower resources are among the best in the world, which is the most important breakthrough point in the direction of power supply.

In particular, the western Congo Basin region, with its large water volume, large drop, and stable annual flow (second only to the Sahara Desert), if developed, can basically solve most of the future power supply problems in East Africa.

In terms of other energy sources, East Africa is a region with abundant wind and high solar energy potential, the second most solar radiation region, and the huge plateau provides great potential for East Africa in addition to tropical deserts.

Finally, nuclear energy, East Africa is very rich in uranium mines, but unfortunately this cutting-edge technology is not currently available in East Africa.

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