The new jetty was completed at a cost of £70,000 and was opened on 13th April at 2.30pm by The Minister for Works, Selby Munsie, MLA. The visitors arrived by a special train, the engine decorated with bunting.
The structure had a total length of 2867ft. (874m) The head length was 557ft. (170m), with a width of 48ft .(14.6m). In shore the depth of water at the head was 26ft. (8m), and at the outer end, over a length of 557ft. (170m), there was a 36ft. (11m) depth.
The water supply consisted of a three-inch (76mm) main. The gas accumulator red flash light had a visibility of three miles (4.8km). A single railway line ran from the shore end with three lines on the head.
The State Shipping Service coaster SS ‘Kybra’ was the first vessel to use the new jetty, arriving 17th March, departing 18th March.
It was known as the 'New Jetty' or Deepwater Jetty until the 1970s and the Tanker Jetty thereafter.
"Notice to Mariners" in the "Gazette" of February 22, stated that the red light hitherto shown at the head of the old jetty - will be discontinued as from March 31. It marks the early completion of Esperance's new jetty,