File:Trans-Saharan Railway map.jpg

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English: The Trans-Saharan Railway was a project conducted by France to build a rail line south through Algeria to sub-Saharan Africa. First proposed in 1879, limited construction occurred during 1941–1942, by the use of forced labor during World War II under Vichy France.
Date circa 1942
date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://www.facebook.com/amazingmap1/posts/map-of-the-proposed-french-trans-saharan-railway/826513530136243/
Author unknown; presumably dates from the 1940s

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Public domain This map is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship. For more information, see Commons:Threshold of originality § Maps.

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Partially constructed railway in Africa

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