Plan showing area within city covered by 1941 Flood Waters

Description

Palmerston North experienced flooding of the Manawatū River in early May 1941. This reached a peak level of 19 feet, two inches (584 cm) at the Fitzherbert Bridge gauge on 4 May 1941, the highest level recorded since 1902. The total area covered (exclusive of river accretations) was 622 acres. Residents in Hokowhitu and Te Matai had to be evacuated with assistance from territorial army units, with people needing to be rescuted from attics, roof tops, islands, and in one case, from a telegraph pole.

Identification

Identifier

2023Pa_PNCC4-8-2-172-14_040982

Archive

Plans - Numbered

Relation

PNCC 4/8/2:0:172/14

Date

1952

Digitisation id

2023Pa_PNCC4-8-2-172-14_040982

Format

Paper

Held in

PNCC Archives