| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
Ocean Steamers Road PORT ADELAIDE |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Port Adelaide Enfield Council |
| Polygon Type |
D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
No.2 Dock |
| Registered Name |
No.2 Dock |
| Significance |
No. 2 Dock is a rare surviving example of wharf operations from the Inter-War and Post-War period. Developed as part of the comprehensive State-funded wharf modernisation scheme of Port Adelaide in 1920s through to the 1950s, No. 2 Dock demonstrates the role of wharves in the State's change from fundamentally a rural producer and exporter to a community with an industrial focus. Hundreds were employed in the construction of new wharves and in the handling of cargo off and on ships, and by the beginning of the 1950s Port Adelaide was the third busiest port in Australia.
Wharf Sheds No. 16 and 17, constructed in 1928, are the earliest and most intact of the period, and together with their wharves and aprons demonstrate the operations of manual wharfage in the period that do not exist elsewhere in South Australia. To the south side of the Dock, the surviving 1958 luffing cranes, with their rails and sheds No.13 and 14, demonstrate the alternative bulk loading method for timber and steel, and are important visual figures in the locality's skyline. The place was also the site of the City of Singapore disaster, an event that resonated strongly with the Adelaide and Port Adelaide communities. |
| Subject Index |
Transport (Water) - Wharf |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
21-FEB-2018 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Port Adelaide Enfield |
| State Heritage ID |
26478 |
| Heritage Number |
27747 |
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| 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
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 6050/342 D73873 A1,CT 6028/246 D73873 A2,CT 6074/670 D85052 A40,CT 6291/330 D132224 A2 |