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C1874
Ammended Parliamentary Plan of Proposed Railway from Port Adelaide to the Semphore.
Mapmaker:
Rare plan of the proposed Semaphore railway line ran from Semaphore to Exeter. The line opened in 1878 and closed in 1978. The line branched off at Glanville station and ran along the centre of Semaphore Road, until it terminated … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Ammended Parliamentary Plan of Proposed Railway from Port Adelaide to the Semphore.
Date:
C1874
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Minor tear at right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition with folds
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
480mm
x 270mm
Paper Size:
505mm
x 315mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1874
Description:
Rare plan of the proposed Semaphore railway line ran from Semaphore to Exeter. The line opened in 1878 and closed in 1978. The line branched off at Glanville station and ran along the centre of Semaphore Road, until it terminated right next to the Esplanade. Semaphore station was located east of Esplanade Road. The original stations have been demolished and practically no evidence of the stations remains. The Semaphore line was extended from the port on 7 January 1882 by South Australian Railways to serve the new overseas shipping jetty at Semaphore.
Mapmaker:
Frazer Smith Crawford (1829-1890)
Professional photographer and lithographer born in Scotland. He was in Melbourne by 1859 with his studio at 83 Swanston Street. Crawford was a council member of the Photographic Society of Victoria in 1860, then moved to Sydney later in the year. In January 1861 he advertised that he was about to leave New South Wales and for Adelaide working in the Surveyor General’s office from around 1868.
