Kingston Jetty

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Marine Parade, Kingston SE, South Australia.

Description

The water off the coast from Kingston S.E. is so shallow that when the town's first jetty was built in 1864-65, it was 511 feet (155 metres) long, and it ended in water which was only a little over 1 metre deep. In 1876 a second jetty - 4000 feet long (1,219 metres) - was built and reached water which was 5 metres deep. It was the victim of storms from the Southern Ocean and was frequently damaged. It was wrecked in 1923, rebuilt and then wrecked again in 1958 by a severe storm and, after that, it was shortened to the length it is today.

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Lat: -36.826806 Lng: 139.850165