Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Old Jeny
Port Augusta, adjacent to the old Great Western Bridge
Old Jeny was a none built in and lost on 07/09/1944. The barge was brought to Port Augusta in May 1944 by the Engineering and Water Supply Department to carry the pile driver used in the extension of the Great Western Bridge in order to carry the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline across the gulf. It was sold at auct
The oddity, explained
Why is Old Jeny unusual?
Old Jeny appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Old Jeny was a none built in and lost on 07/09/1944. The barge was brought to Port Augusta in May 1944 by the Engineering and Water Supply Department to carry the pile driver used in the extension of the Great Western Bridge in order to carry the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline across the gulf. It was sold at auct. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.
Evidence and further exploration
The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.
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