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The Map

Full Title:	Port Adelaide H.W.F. & C. IVh. 40m. Spr. rise 8½ feet. Soundings in ft. at L.W.	View Title Page Of Stow's South Australia
Publisher:	E.Spiller, Government Printer, North-Terrace, Adelaide. H.B. Lith.
Date:	1883. (Inscription to Title Page of 17 November 1883)
Source:	South Australia: Its History, Productions, And Natural Resources, By. J.P. Stow. Written For The Calcutta Exhibition, By request of the South Australian Government.
Size:	15cm x 21cm (6" x 8¼")
Scale:	Approx 1.4" : 1 Statute Mile
Extent:	Inner Bar - North Arm - Port Adelaide - Outer Bar
Description:	Folding engraved plan on paper, included in Stow's "South Australia", published for the 1883 Calcutta Exhibition.

This map of LeFevre Peninsula and Port Adelaide includes a number of interesting features, including the Quarantine Station on Torrens Island, a Powder Magazine, Glanville Fort, Largs Fort, the Fort at the North Arm, a Pine Grove and Shea Oak Grove, the Time Ball Tower at Semaphore, Gas Lamps at Largs Railway Station, and details of the Swing Bridge and various Wharves in Port Adelaide.

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