The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows an unknown farm being swamped by floodwaters during the Rangiotu Flood.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009487
- Title
- Farm in Flood, Rangiotu Flood
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- February 1953
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
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Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- flood,
- natural disaster,
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