Glenelg Safe Harbour

Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Approx. Total Project Value: $6 million
Dredge: Kikilu 14"
Completion: August 1997
Engineers: Connell Wagner, Adelaide


Changing Cutter Heads on "Kikilu".

This project required approximately 180,000 m3 of sand, calcrete, river gravel and clay to be dredged to provide a harbour for the new kangaroo island ferry. Three booster stations were required to push the clay and rock approximately four kilometres to the pit.

(left) No. 1 Booster of 3 Booster Pipeline.


Glenelg Harbour.

Hall Contracting commissioned a jaden high speed cutter wheel driven by its own powerful hydraulic power unit to excavate the limestone rock (calcrete).

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