| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
Le Brun Street PORT LINCOLN |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Port Lincoln (City) |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Port Lincoln Locomotive Depot and Workshops |
| Registered Name |
Port Lincoln Locomotive Depot and Workshops |
| Significance |
The Port Lincoln Locomotive Depot and Workshops demonstrate important aspects of the maintenance facilities constructed by South Australian Railways (SAR) in the 1920s and played a vital role in the expansion of grain production on the Eyre Peninsula and the agricultural and economic development of South Australia during the twentieth century. Built between 1927 and 1932, the depot and workshops have been responsible for maintaining and ensuring that the trains on the Peninsula remain operational and able to transport up to a quarter of the State's grain harvest to the ports at Port Lincoln and Thevenard.
The Port Lincoln Locomotive Depot and Workshops was active until late 2019, and its operational role in maintaining the Peninsula's locomotive fleet remains clearly evident in the surviving physical fabric that retains a high degree of integrity. The place includes a turntable, roundhouse and adjacent workshop, amenities building, and a number of other buildings that were used for a variety of purposes. The roundhouse, turntable and workshop combination is a rare example of this type of railway infrastructure, with the roundhouse being one of only two surviving examples in South Australia. While the internal equipment and machinery has been modernised to keep the facility operational, some still remains. The site provides a faithful representation of this significant aspect of South Australia's railway infrastructure. |
| Subject Index |
Transport (Rail) - Railway Workshop |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
11-JUN-2020 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Port Lincoln |
| State Heritage ID |
26501 |
| Heritage Number |
27791 |
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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 5802/507 D54260 A13,CT 6105/739 F37877 A3 |