PORT

See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

ADELAIDE  , a port of Adelaide county, South Australia, 71 M. by rail N.W. of Adelaide . Pop. of the town and suburbs (1901), 20,089 . It is situated on an estuary 9 M. from St Vincent Gulf and is the principal shipping port of South Australia . Its wharves, equipped with steam and travelling cranes, and tram-ways, are 22 M. in extent; it has docks and a number of patent slips capable of taking up vessels of 300 to 1500 tons . There are also piers at Semaphore and Larg's Bay, on the other side of Lefevre's Peninsula some 2 M. distant, which are connected with Port Adelaide by rail . The industries comprise silver and copper smelting, brewing, sawmilling, ropemaking, flourmilling, sugar-refining and yacht-building . The harbour is protected by two forts known as the Fort Glanville batteries . The suburbs, which are connected with the town by tramways, are Alberton, Queenstown, Yatala, Rosewater and Kingston-on-the-Hill .