Identifier: saustraliaitshis00stow (find matches)
Title: South Australia : its history, productions, and natural resources
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Stow, Jefferson Pickman, 1830-1908
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Publisher: Adelaide : E. Spiller, govt. printer
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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o wasengaged as Superintendent, arrived from England in 1855. Sincethen the erection and working of all the lines have been under hismanagement. The overland telegraph to Victoria was completedin July 1858, the late Mr. Walter Thompson, one of the earlysettlers, being the contractor. There were on the 30th June, 1882,5,130f miles of telegraph in the colony, and 6,748^ miles of wire. The construction of the line from Port Augusta to PortDarwin has been referred to at some length in a previous chapter.This great work cost a little over half a million pounds. Severalyears later the colony was connected by wire with Western Aus-tralia, at a cost of £21 8,530. The next work of special importancein this department was the laying of a cable from the mainland toKangaroo Island, the object being that vessels may be signalledsome eight hours earlier than had been practicable previous to thattime. Besides the telegraphs there are forty-nine telephones, theirtotal length of wire being 275 miles.
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