Klein Point
Klein Point is situated seven kilometres south of Stansbury on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. It was established to handle shipments of limestone for Adelaide Brighton Cement. It is managed by Flinders Ports. Prior to 1965 it was known as Farquhar Jetty.
History
The jetty was built in 1920 by the South Australian Harbors Board on a lease back agreement It was the first reinforced concrete piled jetty in South Australia, measuring 79 metres long with a depth of 3.3 metres at low water. It was widened to 1927, and altered again in 1953. In 1965 a T section was added to improved loading facilities.[1] It now measures 150 metres long with a depth of 6.5 metres.[2]
Beaches
Beaches lie on either side of Klein Point, with the mine operations, stockpile, breakwater and jetty located between the two small beaches. The northern beach is 100 m long and hemmed in between the bluffs and the jetty seawall and backed by the mine operations. Both beaches are unsuitable for recreational activities due to access difficulties and the mining operations.[3]
Limestone
Two million tonnes of limestone are shipped across St Vincent Gulf each year.[1] Currently Accolade II is used to ship the limestone across the gulf to the Port Adelaide terminal.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sitters, Sitters. "Developing trade and port histories: Outports - Klein Point". www.samemory.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
- ↑ North, west and south coasts of Australia. ProStar Publishing. 2004. p. 215.
- ↑ "Klein Point (north)". beachsafe.org.au. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
- ↑ "Public Pages". portmis.flindersports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-04-17.