Martin Luther
Martin Luther is an 8 NHP Compound J & H McLaren steam-driven traction engine Works No 527 built in November 1895 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK and abandoned in the desert of Skeleton Coast outside of the town of Swakopmund in Namibia, ca.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Memorial
- Description: a steam locomotive abandoned in the desert of Skeleton Coast
- Also known as: “Martin Luther (steam locomotive)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swakopmund railway station and Swakopmund Airport.
Swakopmund railway station
Railway station
Photo: Octavian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swakopmund railway station is a railway station serving the town of Swakopmund in Namibia. It is part of the TransNamib railway network. Its IATA code is ZSZ. Swakopmund railway station is situated 1¼ km west of Martin Luther.
Swakopmund Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Chtrede, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Swakopmund Airport is a non-towered airport serving Swakopmund, a city in the Erongo Region of Namibia. There are no runway lights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kramersdorf and Mondesa.
Mondesa
Suburb
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mondesa is a suburb of Swakopmund in central western Namibia. The residential area is located in the northeast of the town. In the northwest, it borders on the neighbourhood Tamariskia and in the south on the industrial area.
Swakopmund
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Swakopmund, known as Swakop, is in the Erongo region of Namibia. It is the country's biggest coastal town and a resort for Namibians on holiday. The city's German origins are quite pronounced in beautiful old German colonial buildings throughout the city, making an even starker contrast for this town sitting at the edge of the Namib Desert.
Martin Luther
- Categories: transport infrastructure, portable engine, and historic site
- Location: Erongo, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-22.67205° or 22° 40′ 19″ southLongitude
14.55261° or 14° 33′ 9″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
5F9P8HH3+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 8982982324OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Martin Luther” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Martin Luther (höyryveturi)”
- Finnish: “Martin Luther”
- French: “Locomotive Martin Luther”
- German: “Dampflokomobil Martin Luther”
- Swedish: “Martin Luther (ånglok)”
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