This photograph shows the Staples Motor Workshop after the floodwaters had begun to abate. the 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua Rivers 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_009497
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
Creation
- Created By
- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
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