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Halifax Street

Coordinates: 34°55′57″S 138°36′33″E / 34.9325°S 138.6093°E / -34.9325; 138.6093
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Halifax Street

View of Halifax Street facing east between King William and Pulteney streets
Adelaide
General information
TypeStreet
LocationAdelaide
Length1.5 km (0.9 mi)[1]
Major junctions
west endKing William Street
east endEast Terrace

Halifax Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia.[2][3] It runs east–west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street and passing through Hurtle Square.[2][3] It was named after Sir Charles Wood (later Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax), British Member of Parliament for Halifax.[4]

A local landmark, this 35-metre chimney on Halifax Street was built in 1909 and is what remains of a refuse incinerator that consumed the bulk of the city's rubbish until its closure in the early 1950s, its function being replaced by landfill.[5]

Halifax Street is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1+12 chains (99 ft; 30 m) wide.

Around 1844 Halifax Street became the location of one of Adelaide's first breweries, founded by W. H. Clark)[6] who later build a flour mill close by. The site later became Adelaide's rubbish incinerator on city acres 564 and 603, between Halifax and Gilles streets.[7]

Junction list

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Adelaide city centre00.0King William StreetContinues as Sturt Street
0.550.34Pulteney StreetIn Hurtle Square
1.10.68Hutt Street
1.50.93East Terrace
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "Halifax Street, Adelaide" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
  3. ^ a b Map of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.
  4. ^ History of Adelaide Through Street Names
  5. ^ Postcards: The Greek on Halifax: In the Adelaide City region of South Australia [1]
  6. ^ "Local Intelligence". Adelaide Observer. No. 66. South Australia. 28 September 1844. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Refuse Destructor". Evening Journal. Vol. XLII, , no. 11544. South Australia. 9 March 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

34°55′57″S 138°36′33″E / 34.9325°S 138.6093°E / -34.9325; 138.6093