Colonial Gold Coast
RAILROAD
Proposed Projects: UNCOMPLETED
Five uncompleted railroad routes
First, the Cape Coast–Kumasi line (1873) was proposed to link the capital of Cape Coast to Kumasi, sending troops to fight the Asante.
This project was dropped because the war came to an abrupt end in 1874.
Second, Governor Griffith wanted a central line from Saltpond to Kumasi (1893), in order to tap the palm oil areas and link the coast to Kumasi.
Third Projects were suggested with two different sets of termini: Apam–Kumasi and Accra–Kumasi. A conference was to be held in London to discuss the proposals, but Maxwell died before reaching London.
Fourth Governor Hodgson favoured Accra, but thought that the line should instead be built to Kpong. He retired in 1904, before work began, and was replaced by Governor Rodger
RAILROAD
Proposed Projects: COMPLETED
Four completed railroad routes
Governor Maxwell built the Western Line: 1901 and 1903 - Sekondi to Kumasi.
Governor Rodger built the Eastern Line: 1908 and 1923 - Accra to Kumasi.
Tafo-Kumasi line built in 1923
Huni Valley-Kade line built in 1927
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ROAD NETWORKS
Proposed Projects: COMPLETED
Trunk Roads construction started in 1924, - The Tarmet Program
Trunk roads lead to and from the cocoa and timber belts.
SCHOOLS
1529 - 1800s Elmina castle education - Portuguese - Catholic Education
In 1831 treaty that renegotiated relations among the Asantes, British and Danes, two Asante royal youth, Owusu Ansa and Owusu Nkantabisa
1841 - The first Wesleyan (Methodist) school was at the Cape Coast Castle.
The Rev Thomas B. Freeman reported that nine Wesleyan mission schools had been opened by 1841—six for boys and three for girls
1848 - The Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong
The Basel missionaries trained teachers, used the schools as agency for the spread of Christianity, and published an elementary grammar book and dictionary in the local Akan language.
1850s - Aburi Girls and Christiansborg Castle Schools
The Basel missionaries had boarding schools at Christiansborg and schools on the Akuapem Ridge, including one for girls at Aburi.
1910 - 1957 - The Catholic Church started missionary activities in the country's northern territories from 1910 and built prestgious schools and colleges prior to 1957.
Schools established by secular as well as the various Christian denominations included many prestigious institutions, such as Achimota College, Adisadel College, Aggrey Memorial College, Mfamtsipim School, Wesley Girls School, St. Augustine College, Prempeh College, Ghana National College, and several Presbyterian institutions in the Akuapem and Kwahu regions.
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