Jaekel House Mini Museum

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Railway Compound, Savage St, Ebute Metta, Lagos
Added by Jopie, at 04 March 2018

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• Emmanuel Oyeleke

  16 March 2018

  An historic monument well preserved

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• Abiodun Alexis

  11 March 2018

  jaekels secret garden or Jaekel House at The Nigerian Railway Compound, located in Ebute Metta.
  Jaekel House is a mini museum dedicated to showing the nitty gritty of the Nigerian Railway system when it was at its prime. The museum is managed by Legacy 1995 and they’ve tried to keep it as authentic as possible and continue to do restoration work.
  Lagos was one of the first cities in Africa to get a railway line.  The Nigerian Railway came into existence on October 3, 1912 and became an autonomous public corporation in 1955.
  
  The gauge of the NRC track is 3ft 6in with a countrywide mileage of 2,680 equating to 4,313 kilometres but this will probably be replaced by the standard gauge track that is presently being worked on. The highest point on the system is 30 km outside Jos and is 1318 meters above sea level.
  
  There are 3505 narrow reach rail networks currently but with the on going plans to develop rail transport it should increase.
  
  Legacy also asks people who stop by to volunteer in their gardening so if you’re into that, it’s a great opportunity to get your hands dirty.
  
  normally not visible from the roadside but very very good tourist attraction.

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