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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Halifax Street

Halifax Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east–west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street and passing through Hurtle Square. It was named after Sir Charles Wood (later Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax), British Member of Parliament for Halifax.

A local landmark, this 35-metre chimney on Halifax Street was built in 1909 and is what remains of a refuse incinerator that consumed the bulk of the city's rubbish until its closure in the early 1950s, its function being replaced by landfill.

Halifax Street is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1+12 chains (99 ft; 30 m) wide.

Circa 1844 Halifax Street became the location of one of Adelaide's first breweries, founded by William Henry Clark who later built a flour mill close by. The brewery and mill were sited on city acres 564 and 603 between Halifax and Gilles streets which, from 1909 to 1950, housed Adelaide's rubbish incinerator.

Junction list

LocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Adelaide city centre00.0King William StreetContinues as Sturt Street
0.550.34Pulteney StreetIn Hurtle Square
1.10.68Hutt Street
1.50.93East Terrace
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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