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Mention three railway line constructed in the colonial era​

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1) Military: domination: the line was built to exercise ‘effective control’ in the Scramble for Africa, or to dispatch troops for better control of the native population;

2) Mining: the line was built into the interior to further European mining interests, and;

3) Cash crops: the colonial power built the line to connect agriculturally rich areas. With limited budgets, colonisers expected the railroads to pay for themselves, hence they connected areas of high economic potential.

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