Windback Wednesday - Kensington Gardens Tramline

Have you seen this interesting building at Kensington Gardens Reserve?

This small brick and terracotta tiled structure housed switching gear for the Kensington Gardens tramline, part of a network of electric tramways which serviced many suburban areas of Adelaide throughout the first half of the 20th century.

In 1911 the Municipal Tramways Trust extended the tram line to Kensington Gardens and purchased what is now Kensington Gardens Reserve, building a band rotunda, games courts, pathways and seasonally popular rose gardens. Trams would pull into the gardens and switch lines at this control point. The last tram to Kensington Gardens ran in February 1957.