Klein Point
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Klein Point | |
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 Klein's Point jetty facilities circa 1940 | |
  Klein Point | |
| Coordinates: 34°57′46″S 137°46′24″E / 34.962796°S 137.773375°E[1] | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | South Australia |
| City | Wool Bay[1] |
Klein Point is a headland in South Australia located about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) south of Stansbury in the locality of Wool Bay on Yorke Peninsula.[2] It is the site of a port facility established to handle shipments of limestone for Adbri. The port is managed by Flinders Ports.[3] Prior to 1965 it was known as Farquhar Jetty.
The jetty was built in 1920 by the South Australian Harbors Board on a lease back agreement. It was the first reinforced concrete piled jetty in South Australia, measuring 79 metres (259 feet) long with a depth of 3.3 metres (11 feet) at low water. It was widened to 1927, and altered again in 1953. In 1965 a T section was added to improved loading facilities.[4] It now measures 150 metres (490 feet) long with a depth of 6.5 metres (21 feet).[5]
