North Arm powder magazine
The North Arm powder magazine was from 1858 to 1906, a hazardous material storage for dynamite and blasting gelatine in Port Adelaide in Australia .
location
It was in Gillman, near Port Adelaide, on the North Arm of the Port River, nine meters from the North Arm Bridge. There, explosives used in the mining and construction industries were stored in a wooden building covered with slate shingles and in two Hulks anchored in Magazine Creek . One of the Hulks was a former excavator from 1852 and the other was an earlier barge . Storage was classified as risky because in the event of an explosion it would likely have damaged the new bridge and growing suburban settlements.
building
The North Arm powder magazine was built by the government in 1858. Because of its marshy location on the creek, it was a lightweight wooden structure on wooden stakes. Only later was this construction generally recommended because it avoids collateral damage from flying debris in the event of an explosion.
As it was close to the newly built bridge and some residential buildings, the first requests for a relocation were made ten years after it went into operation. It was not taken out of service until 1906 after the explosives had been relocated to the newly built Dry Creek explosives store. The building was demolished in 1916 and no visible remains of it are visible today.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Explosives storage in Magazine Creek, Port Adelaide district, 1857-1906. Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, No. 35, 2007 (English).
Coordinates: 34 ° 50 ′ 11.3 ″ S , 138 ° 31 ′ 12 ″ E