Wheat stack at the Loxton landing |
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| Title : | Wheat stack at the Loxton landing |
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| Date of creation : | 1912 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Wheat bags stacked high under a shed roof on the river bank at Loxton landing, the remainder of the bags stacked at the side, with a low river on the left. The wheat harvest always coincided with low water on the river, and thousands of bags of wheat would be stacked up on the wharf awaiting transport to market. Loxton successfully argued for railway to carry the harvest to Port Adelaide for shipment overseas. In 1914 the new railway was opened with wheat the main shipment out and the fertilizer superphosphate on the return. The railway station is now part of an historical pioneer village. |
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| Coverage year : | 1912 |
| Place : | Loxton |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | South Australian Railways History of railway construction and operation from 1854 [Adaide, 1970?] Donovan and Associates Railway heritage of South Australia: a report commissioned by the National Trust of South Australia [Adelaide]: Donovan and Associates, 1992 Linn, Rob Community of strength: Loxton & its people Loxton, SA: District Council of Loxton Waikerie, 2007 |
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