Halifax Street

Street in Adelaide, South Australia

Halifax Street is located in City of Adelaide
West end
West end
East end
East end
Coordinates
  • 34°55′58″S 138°36′01″E / 34.932913°S 138.600301°E / -34.932913; 138.600301 (West end)
  • 34°55′55″S 138°37′01″E / 34.932076°S 138.616902°E / -34.932076; 138.616902 (East end)
General informationTypeStreetLocationAdelaide city centreLength1.5 km (0.9 mi)[1]Opened1837Major junctionsWest endKing William Street
Adelaide 
  • Hurtle Square
  • Pulteney Street
  • Hutt Street
East endEast Terrace
AdelaideLocation(s)LGA(s)City of Adelaide

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+1⁄2 chains (99 ft; 30 m) wide.

Circa 1844 Halifax Street became the location of one of Adelaide's first breweries, founded by William Henry Clark[6] who later built a flour mill close by. The brewery and mill were sited on city acres 564 and 603 between Halifax and Gilles streets which, from 1909 to 1950, housed Adelaide's rubbish incinerator.[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 Google (1 June 2022). "Halifax Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  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 Archived 25 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.
  4. ^ "History of Adelaide Through Street Names". Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
  5. ^ Postcards: The Greek on Halifax: In the Adelaide City region of South Australia [1] Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Local Intelligence". Adelaide Observer. No. 66. 28 September 1844. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Refuse Destructor". Evening Journal. Vol. XLII, no. 11544. Adelaide. 9 March 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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