The tunnel was partially excavated during building of the Festival
Theatre but filled in again later
An expert on this is ex SteamRanger volunteer Frank McDonnell
(586 Morphett Rd, Dover Gardens, SA) who has recently retired from
TransAdelaide and is an eager History Trust volunteer. You might like
to drop him a note.
Bob Green
SteamRanger
Peter Homann <loco@prrps.com.au.no-spam> wrote:
>William Collison wrote:
>
>> i have been trying to find out about the tunnel which left from the north
>> of the adelaide railway station, and went behind government house to the
>> adelaide university. it was running in the 1800 i believe, and there was a
>> hint of another under king william street?
>
>There was a tunnel under King William Road, I think for the Federation
>Exhibition. I cannot recall exact details of the line, or how far it went. I
>suspect it stopped somewhere near the current site of the SA Museum.
>Anyone else got any more info?
>Cheers,
>
>Peter
>
>--
>This is not an opinion of the Pichi Richi Railway,
>just the personal comments of the author.
>E-mail: loco@prrps.com.au
>
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