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Description

The 1953 flood in Rangiotu was one of the worst in history, in the area. As seen, the floodwaters have almost reached the wires of the power lines.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date
February 1953
Digitisation ID
2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009496
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Taxonomy

Tags
atlantic petrol,
disaster,
essolube,
event recordings,
flooding,
garage,
motor,
oroua river,
photographs,
Community Tags
flood,
natural disaster,

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