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Black Rock is a hamlet in South Australia on the Black Rock Plains at the intersections of the roads connecting Peterborough, Jamestown and Orroroo, including Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56), in the mid-north section of the state. It is also the site (and name of) a former railway siding on the now removed Peterborough to Quorn Railway line.〔("Back on the rails at Black Rock" ) ''The Northern Argus'' accessed 30 April 2010〕 Located 19 km south east of Orroroo, the town was originally laid out as "Dalton" and proclaimed on 15 December 1881. It is named after a nearby hill identified by Captain E C Frome in 1842. The town was renamed "Black Rock" in 1940 〔Manning, G; 1990 ''Manning's Place Names of South Australia'' 〕 ==Railways== The railway through Dalton was built in 1881, as part of the Great Northern Railway. In its day, Dalton was home to a gang, and a station master. The last commercial trains to operate through Black Rock were grain trains between Peterborough and Orroroo, in 1988.〔Evans, J 2009; ''Proceed to Quorn'' Railmac Publications 〕 The railway connecting Black Rock to Orroroo and Peterborough was removed in late 2008. However track was left in situ in the yard, and over the Black Rock Bridge, located approximately 1 km south.〔Mannion, J; "Ripping up the tracks - Eurelia to Peterborough" ''Catchpoint'' Magazine March 2009 pp14-16〕〔Mills S. ("Harvest time for the Eurelia rail line" ) ''Flinders News'' - 19 September 2008, accessed 10 October 2008〕 Black Rock Bridge is the longest bridge on the old Peterborough Division〔 Black Rock Yard hosted the first of a proposed annual Kalamazoo race on 27 March 2010. The event was reported as being very successful.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Rock, South Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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