Ardrossan, South Australia

Ardrossan is a small town on the Yorke Peninsula (English Yorke Peninsula ) in the Australian state of South Australia.

The city was founded in the late 19th century by wheat farmers and hauliers who needed the necessary infrastructure to ship their goods by ship across the Gulf Saint Vincent to Port Adelaide can.

Was named the city on November 5, 1873 by James Fergusson after the Ardrossan seaport in Scotland.

History

In 1878 the first pier was built to wheat loaded on steamboats and Windjammer can.

The place gained Between the years 1880 and 1935, a certain notoriety, since there the Clarence Smith's factory the Stump -jump plow produced, one of the first and most important inventions in South Australia.

In the early 1900s the population rose sharply due to immigration of surrounding farmers.

During the Depression in the 1930s, the economy stagnated almost completely in place until 1950 a large dolomite mining company BHP Billiton was opened. The rock is used in Whyalla on the Eyre Peninsula and Port Kembla as an additive in steel production. For this purpose, a new, one kilometer long pier was built, can be loaded from 10 kilometers to the north Saline in Price on the ships with grain, dolomite and salt. At this time, large grain silos were built there.

Tourism

Today, tourism is the main economic factor is in the small town. The city has become a popular weekend destination for residents of Adelaide.

Approximately 15 kilometers off the coast lies the historic ship Frack Zanoni, which is very popular with divers. The ship sank on 11 February 1867, was not discovered until 126 years later, on 17 April 1983. It is one of the best preserved sunken ships sailing in Australia.

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Royal House Hotel

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