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This month in South Australia’s history

Delivery

Yelta is delivered to Port Adelaide and joins the Port’s tugboat fleet

Jervois Bridge Officially Opens

South Australia’s governor Sir W.F.D. Jervois officially opens a new steel and wood ‘swing bridge’ between the Port and Glanville. The span is named for Jervois and accommodates pedestrian, rail and wheeled vehicle traffic

Conflagration

A fire starts in the Glanville refinery’s raw sugar store and ultimately destroys most of the plant’s buildings and infrastructure