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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon BOUTEN, Petrus Hubertus Born: 1857 Died: 1952 02 18 Engineer Born in Blerik, Venlo, Limburg the Netherlands. He surveyed the railway lines between Amersfoort and Kersteren in the Netherlands. In 1888 he entered the services of the NZASM as Surveyor and with the Engineer, C GROLL, found and surveyed the alternative shorter route between Komatipoort and Waterval Boven for that section of the NZASM Eastern Line. In about 1890 he surveyed the NZASM Barberton Branch Line. He acted as Chief Foreman for the construction of the NZASM Eastern Line Tunnel. In 1896 he established the company 'Weg en Werken' and supervised the construction of the Springs and Heidelberg Railway Stations for the NZASM. In the Anglo-Boer War he was depoirted by the British. He then worked on railway construction projects in Nigeria. In 1941 he published his memoirs De aanleg van 't Oostespoor. All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books by BOUTEN Bouten, PH. 1941. De aanleg van 't Oosterspoor. Pretoria: Bond van Oud NZASM Pioniers Books citing BOUTEN De Jong, RC, Van der Waal, GM. 1988. NZASM 100 : 1887-1899, the buildings, steam engines and structures of the Netherlands South African Railway Company. Pretoria: C. Van Rensburg Publications on behalf of the Human Sciences Research Council. pp 107, 148, 152 Ploeger, Jan. 1994. Nederlanders in die Transvaal 1850-1950. Pretoria: Van Schaik. pp 49 Ploeger, Jan & De Kock, Gideon de V. 1989. Nederlandse emigrasie na Suid-Afrika 1800-1900. Port Elizabeth: University of Port Elizabeth. pp 34