Thomas Charles John Bain
Thomas Charles John Bain ( born September 29, 1830 in Graaf -Reinet, South Africa, † September 29, 1893 in Cape Town) was a South African road engineer.
Life
Thomas Charles John Bain was born in Graaf -Reinet, the son of the geologist and civil engineer Andrew Geddes Bain Street and Mary Elizabeth von Backstrom. At age 17, he began a six- year apprenticeship as a road engineer, he in 1854 with the exam successfully completed the construction of Michell 's Pass as assistant to his father. In the same year he married Johanna de Smit, with whom he later had thirteen children.
In the second half of the 19th century, Thomas Charles John Bain built 24 mountain roads and passes. He often worked simultaneously on multiple projects.
Thomas Charles John Bain died in 1893 in Cape Town.