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On a dreary January day, three semaphore signals at Bexhill, all set to clear, presumably because the signal box - visible on the right and with its shutter closed - was switched out. The short signal at the end of the platform is labelled CCW3.
Newport RI. Zeiss Ikon Contessamatic E with Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/50 lens. Kodak Portra 160 Image has not been edited.
Built 1879 by Gray Brothers as six terrace houses, now 12 apartments.
“Semaphore.— To Let, excellent situated Nine-Roomed Houses in Bute-Terrace, Military-road, Semaphore, with pleasant prospect of Gulf and Plains; moderate rental. Apply Gray Bros., Semaphore.” [Register 2 Jun 1880 advert]
“To Let, at Bute-terrace, Semaphore, close to Railway Station and Sea Beach, well-finished Houses of Nine Rooms each, three of which are well-ventilated basement rooms; moderate rental. Apply to Gray Brothers, Semaphore.” [Register 18 Sep 1880]
“Semaphore.—Bute-terrace, Military-road, House To Let, Nine Rooms, well-situated. Balconies, splendid view. Apply to Mr. A. Gray, Bute-terrace; or Chas. D. Aston, Port.” [Evening Journal 29 Dec 1881 advert]
“Auction. . . at the Residence of T. H. Howe, Esq., M.P., Bute-Terrace, Military-road, Semaphore, near the Railway Station, and next to the English Church. In Consequence of Moving to his Country Residence. All the very Superior Modern Household Furniture and Effects.” [Register 10 Jul 1882 advert]
“Widow Lady offers Residence to Married Couple; one or two ladies; near train, sea. 6, Bute-terrace, Semaphore.” [Express & Telegraph 17 Aug 1889 advert]
“Semaphore. Bute-Terrace, Military-road, House, Nine large Rooms, in good order. Rent Reduced to 12/6,” [Register 13 Jul 1904 advert]
“The most important property offered by Mr, Malin was a row of six attached two-storey stone and brick residences, each of nine rooms, and known as Bute-terrace, Semaphore, on a block with a frontage of 135 ft. to Military-road, and a depth of 227 ft. 6 in: to Brown-street. The bidding began at £1.000 and was taken to £2,500, which was the reserve price, and at that figure the property was knocked to Mr. F. Tillotson, contractor.” [Advertiser 4 Mar 1911]
“Semaphore, Bute terrace, nine rooms and conveniences.' Rent 40/.” [News 8 Oct 1927 advert]
A mix of position lights and semaphores govern the traffic here. There's a tower at both ends of the station.
The Time Ball tower at the Adelaide coastal suburb of Semaphore was completed by December 1874 and the time service began on August 2 1875.
The solid stone Time Ball Tower dubbed ‘The Sentinel of Semaphore’. At 1pm daily, the black ball drops, allowing ships to adjust their chronometers, accurate clocks which were vital for navigation. Similar towers were set up in port cities around the world; the first was at Greenwich in England in 1833.
Balls were dropped at 1pm, a time chosen because at noon astronomers were busy observing the meridian; American time balls, however, usually dropped at noon.
Site of Wesleyan preaching place & schoolroom 1865 until Semaphore Wesleyan (now Uniting) church opened 1867. Listed in Directories: 1888-89 Day School, 1890 Day School – Miss Westover & Miss Shellam, 1891-92 Day School – Miss Strickland & Miss Shellam.
“In 1865 a small preaching place and a Sunday school were opened at the corner of Hall street, and Woolnough road when the neighbourhood was a dreary waste of spinifex and reeds, and when the houses were few and poorly built.” [Register 6 Oct 1927]
“In 1865 preaching services and a Sunday school were held in a small building, situated near where Hall Street and Woolnough Road now intersect, and owned by Mrs. Harvey. The building was used as a schoolroom, and was placed at the disposal of the people, and was worked in connection with Port Adelaide from the North Adelaide circuit. The room (about 20 x 14) was very low at the eaves, and an ordinary man could not stand upright near the wall; but the roof being pitched gave additional height in the centre, where the late Mr. John Millard (the local schoolmaster), a man of fine physique, stood and 'pitched the tunes'. At this time but few possessed hymnbooks, and the preacher gave out the hymns two lines at a time, which proceeding was not always 'favourable to the tune'.” [Aust Christian Commonwealth 14 Sep 1917]
“The Founding of the Church. In 1865, he said, a small preaching place and a Sunday school were opened on a block of land at the corner of Hall Street and Woolnough Road. Semaphore, at a time when the neighborhood was a dreary waste of spinifex and reeds, and when the houses were few, and poorly built.” [Port Adelaide News 7 Oct 1927]
“Miss Shellam, Woolnough road, Exeter.—Studies resumed Tuesday. April 7. Next quarter begins April 13.” [Advertiser 7 Apr 1891]
“Miss Shellam's School, Woolnough-Road, Exeter.—Studies resumed on Tuesday. January 19th. 1892.” [Advertiser 13 Jan 1892]
By the time I reached Charlton on the return the heavens had opened and very heavy rain was pouring down, I spotted a car port behind a building so pulled over quickly and took shelter so I could capture a shot of the train passing the Down Semaphore Signal as there are very few Semaphore Signals still in use on the mainline in Victoria.
The Grainlander Wycheproof to Ballarat 08-09-2019.