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LOCATION
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Address Webb Street TAILEM BEND
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Coorong Council
Polygon Type D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Tailem Bend Turntable
Registered Name Tailem Bend Turntable Railway Terrace
Significance This remains as one of only a few railway turntables built as part of the revitalisation program for South Australia's railways instigated by the Railways Commissioner W A Webb and reflects his then radical philosophies of modernisation and efficiency. The construction of the turntable and associated roundhouse at Tailem Bend underlined that town's importance as a regional railway centre previously associated with the development of the line from Adelaide to Melbourne and the Murray Mallee network. The turntable is also the only known such structure in South Australia where the transition rail for smaller gauges is split between opposite sides of the turntable rail track. (HSA Assessment Report 9/2000)
Subject Index Transport (Rail) - Turntable
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 08-MAR-2001
REFERENCE
LGA Coorong
State Heritage ID 17078
Heritage Number 16095
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5849/826 H750700 S491,495

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