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You can
discover on the above picture the beautiful architecture of the
Adelaide Arcade. The Arcade was completed in December 1885; it
took only 5 months to be built and 2 months to get occupied.
Over two millions bricks have been needed and 50,000 square feet
of glass were used. The Adelaide Arcade was one of the first
buildings to use electric lighting. The architect of the Arcade
was James Cumming, he was also the architect of the Australian
Mutual Provident Building. It is said in Adelaide that the
Arcade has a resident ghost, who would be the caretaker of the
Adelaide Arcade, he was called Beadle, but in the early 1900 he
got a nasty end, he got his head in the electricity generator
and was mutilated. The Arcade is known to be a historical
building. |
