The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows a car on a flooded road near Bourke's Drain during the Rangiotu Flood. The photograph was taken from the Main Road looking towards Palmerston North.
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- Image
- Date
- February 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009483
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
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