Hamley Bridge. Mural on the side of the current general store which was once Bohnsacks Universal Provider Store. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Hamley Bridge. Mural on the side of the current general store which was once Bohnsacks Universal Provider Store. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Hamley Bridge- two towns, two rivers, two rail gauges. Land was first offered for sale here in 1856 when the Hundred of Alma was declared. In 1868 when the railway line came through on its way to Burra a railway siding was located here called Alma. A private town grew up around it from 1868. The first town lots were sold in 1871 for an average of £11 for the best main street sites! In 1879 it became known as Hamley Bridge. Land was not put up for sale on the northern side of the railway line until 1884 when the state government gazetted the town of Duffield. In the 1890s both towns had similar populations but Hamley Bridge had outstripped Duffield in terms of population by 1921 when the whole town area changed to Hamley Bridge. It had a population of almost 800 in that year. Hamley Bridge had three chaff mills, a blacksmith and other industries from its early years making stump jump ploughs, wheat strippers etc. Once the combine, which combined seed and superphosphate, was developed in the 1890s, the farming population of the district increased as yields improved. The disused bridge beside the current bridge across the Light River was built in 1892 and is probably the oldest steel bridge in SA. The first railway went on to Burra in 1870 but when the link across to Balaklava and the copper triangle mining towns of Moonta and Kadina was opened in 1880 the town prospered more. After all, the copper triangle was the largest population centre outside of Adelaide and all goods had to be manually handled in Hamley Bridge as there was a change of gauge here to a narrow gauge line to Balaklava. The wife of the Acting Governor, Colonel Francis Hamley gave his name to the town in 1879 when she visited to open the new railway station. Here were employed drivers, firemen, cleaners, guards, porters, labourers and clerks. The town boomed until 1927 when the line to Balaklava and beyond was converted to broad gauge (5’3”). At that time Hamley Bridge had three main platforms and daily trains to Adelaide, Broken Hill, and Moonta. The churches of Hamley Bridge began in the 1870s with the Congregational Church in 1874, the Anglican church of St Thomas in 1889 and the Methodist Church in 1910. The Catholic community of Hamley Bridge originally worshipped at Pinkerton Plains two miles out of town. The Pinkerton church was built in 1864. The first Catholic Church built in the town was erected in 1897 but in 1922 a new Catholic Church was built near the hospital. There is a memorial to the first church built in 1897 at the start of Light Street opposite the Institute. The Institute was built in 1884 with a classical style facade added in 1904. In the main street the old butcher’s shop on the corner of Annie Street was built in 1887. Annie Street is fascinating with its old stone gutters and kerbs. At the top of the main street is the Hamley Bridge Hotel built in 1872 as a single story hotel. Beside it is the park with the station master’s residence next to it. The old railway station was built in 1880. Opposite this park is the old Police Station built in 1880 with the lockup cells behind it. |
| 撮影日 | 2023-10-29 10:14:56 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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