This photograph shows the Staples Motor Workshop after it had been flooded during the 1953 Rangiotu Flood. The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area.
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Staples Motor Workshop, Rangiotu Flood
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- February 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009495
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
Creation
- Created By
- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
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